Maternity care: A narrative overview of what women expect across their care continuum

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 432-437

  Clark, Kim ^a   Beatty, Shelley ^b   Reibel, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternity care expectations; Patient perspective; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84925247026     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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