Obstetric fistula: The challenge to human rights

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-77

  Cook, R J ^a   Dickens, B M ^a,c   Syed, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Dow Med Coll Sindh Govt Qatar H   (Pakistan)

^c Canada M5S 2C5 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Fistula; Human rights; Obstetric fistula; Obstructed labour; Poverty causing fistula; Prolonged labour; Women's human rights

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FISTULA; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRIC FISTULA; PELVIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM FISTULA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; VAGINA DISEASE;

EID: 5344249314     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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