Skilled birth attendance-lessons learnt

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Adegoke, A A ^a   Van Den Broek, N ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Maternal mortality; Skilled birth attendance

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 69949144323     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02336.x     Document Type: Review

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