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New Mothers' Perceptions Of Their First Encounter With A Health Care Provider, Katherine Ure
New Mothers' Perceptions Of Their First Encounter With A Health Care Provider, Katherine Ure
Master's Theses
Since its genesis, health care has been developing and evolving to meet the needs of the population it serves. Hospital length of stay after childbirth has progressively decreased over the past 29 years initially in response to public pressure to reduce the medical aspect of childbirth. More recently, the decrease in length of stay has accelerated in response to cost-containment pressures (Eaton, 2001). This investigation examined new mothers’ perceptions of their maternal role attainment through their initial interaction with a health care provider. Ramona Mercer (1990) stated in Parents at Risk that there is a pressing need to facilitate early …