The lived experience of Malawian women with obstetric fistula

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-513

  Yeakey, Marissa Pine ^a   Chipeta, Effie ^b   Taulo, Frank ^b   Tsui, Amy O ^c  

^a Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Malawi; Maternal morbidity; Obstetric fistula; Quality of life; Women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DIVORCE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALAWI; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 68049139702     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050902874777     Document Type: Article

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