Emergency obstetric care and referral: experience of two midwife-led health centres in rural Rajasthan, India

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 9-20

  Iyengar, Kirti ^a   Iyengar, Sharad D ^b  

^a Action Research and Training for Health (ARTH)   (India)

^b ARTH 3   (India)

Author keywords

delivery care; emergency obstetric care; nurse midwives; obstetric complications; referral

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN CARE; NURSE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RURAL AREA; TELEPHONE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 66449096613     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)33459-X     Document Type: Article

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