Attending Home vs. Clinic-Based Deliveries: Perspectives of Skilled Birth Attendants in Matlab, Bangladesh

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 51-60

  Blum, Lauren S ^a   Sharmin, Tamanna ^a   Ronsmans, Carine ^b  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; childbirth; midwifery; qualitative research; safe motherhood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STAFF TRAINING;

BANGLADESH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 33646698202     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27234-3     Document Type: Article

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