Mourning the support of women postpartum: The experiences of migrants in Cape Town, South Africa

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1010-1024

  Hunter Adams, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRANT; MOURNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; MIGRATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84969795438     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2016.1185106     Document Type: Article

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