Working with communities, governments and academic institutions to make pregnancy safer

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 465-476

  Mathai, Matthews ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

academic institutions; community; continuum of care; government; health systems; making pregnancy safer; maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 42949127190     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2008.02.002     Document Type: Review

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