Improving the experience of birth in poor communities

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1165-1167

  Nzama, Bongi ^a   Hofmeyr, Justus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETTER BIRTHS INITIATIVE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 25144514088     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00706.x     Document Type: Note

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