Abortion law reform in Nepal: Women's right to life and health

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 12, Issue 24 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 75-84

  Shakya, Ganga ^a   Kishore, Sabitri ^b   Bird, Cherry ^c   Barak, Jennifer ^d  

^a Family Health Division   (Nepal)

^b Technical Committee for the Implementation of Comprehensive Abortion Services in Nepal (TCIC)   (Nepal)

^c FHD DHS MoH   (Nepal)

^d Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abortion law and policy; Abortion services; Advocacy and political process; Nepal; Training of service providers; Unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDUCED ABORTION; LAW; MEDICAL FEE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TRAINING;

EID: 19044382365     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(04)24007-1     Document Type: Article

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