The determinants of reproductive health service provision by General Practitioners in Pakistan

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-217

  Khan, Nasreen J ^a,b   Hall, Sonĵa E ^a,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Western Australia ^*  (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

GPs; Providers; Reproductive health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAKISTAN; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAMPLING; SKILL; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 3142765345     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czh026     Document Type: Article

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