‘Even when you are afraid, you stay’: Provision of maternity care during the Ebola virus epidemic: A qualitative study

Midwifery

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-26

  Jones, Susan ^a   Sam, Betty ^a   Bull, Florence ^a   Pieh, Steven Bagie ^a   Lambert, Jaki ^a   Mgawadere, Florence ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Somasundari ^a   Ameh, Charles A ^a   van den Broek, Nynke ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Epidemic; Maternity care; Nurse midwives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIERRA LEONE;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 85019679208     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2017.05.009     Document Type: Article

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