Personal accounts of 'near-miss' maternal mortalities in Kampala, Uganda

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1302-1307

  Weeks, Andrew ^a,e   Lavender, Tina ^b   Nazziwa, Enid ^c   Mirembe, Florence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Good Samaritan Clinic   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROWDING; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POWERLESSNESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEPTIC ABORTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANECDOTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 25144448274     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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