Skilled birth attendance: What does it mean and how can it be measured? A clinical skills assessment of maternal and child health workers in Nepal

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-208

  Carlough, M ^a   McCall, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Emergency obstetrics; Safe motherhood; Skilled birth attendants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NEPAL; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SKILL;

EID: 17844370221     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.12.044     Document Type: Article

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