Equity and dignity in maternity care provision in Canada, Finland and Iceland

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Wrede, Sirpa ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^b   Einarsdottir, Thorgerdur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Dignity; Equity; Health care reform; Lower income populations; Maternity care

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649083917     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403799     Document Type: Article

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