Ethical and social issues facing obstetricians in low-income countries

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-249

  Ogwuegbu, Chigbu Chibuike ^a   Eze, Onah Hyacinth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ethics; Low income countries; Social issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; LABOR INDUCTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONMALFEASANCE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ULTRASOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRICS; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67650786469     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181a4c1b5     Document Type: Article

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