How do women identify health professionals at birth in Ghana?

Midwifery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-43

  Hussein, Julia ^a   Hundley, Vanora ^b   Bell, Jacqueline ^a   Abbey, Mercy ^c   Asare, Gloria Quansah ^d   Graham, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Research Unit Ghana Health Service   (Ghana)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Delivery care; Health professionals; Safe motherhood; Skilled attendance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 14544299584     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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