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Becoming Mothers and Fathers: An International Study of New Parents

The purposes of this study are to (1) evaluate the perceptions of and satisfaction with health care delivery to first time childbearing families (2) to describe the transition to parenthood in different societies and health care delivery systems in Europe, Scandinavia, The Peoples Republic of China (PRC), the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and the United States.