title: Integrating traditional beliefs with western practice.
abstract: In the Vietnamese culture, health is considered to be a delicate balance of a number of forces. But what happens when pregnancy and childbirth disrupt this balance? Donna Shareski looks at how nurses in Canada can provide quality care to expectant Vietnamese mothers while still allowing them to preserve their traditional ways.
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authors.lastname: Shareski
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D011247:Pregnancy; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology