Availability and quality of emergency obstetric care in Gambia's main referral hospital: Women-users' testimonies

Reproductive Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cham, Mamady ^a,b   Sundby, Johanne ^a   Vangen, Siri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of State for Health ^*  (Gambia)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 65349170058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-6-5     Document Type: Article

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