An ethnographic study of communication challenges in maternity care for immigrant women in rural Alberta

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 297-304

  Higginbottom, Gina M A ^a   Safipour, Jalal ^b   Yohani, Sophie ^a   O'Brien, Beverley ^a   Mumtaz, Zubia ^a   Paton, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Communication; Immigrant women; Maternity care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBERTA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIGRANT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84921273865     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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