Human rights aspects of safe motherhood

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-419

  Fathalla, Mahmoud F ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

human rights; maternal mortality; safe motherhood

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO LIFE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEXISM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33746299800     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2005.11.004     Document Type: Review

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