Where there is no obstetrician - increasing capacity for emergency obstetric care in rural India: An evaluation of a pilot program to train general doctors

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-282

  Evans, Cherrie Lynn ^a,b   Maine, Deborah ^a   McCloskey, Lois ^a   Feeley, Frank G ^a   Sanghvi, Harshad ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Emergency obstetric care; Human resource delegation; India; Maternal mortality; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FORCEPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; VACUUM;

EID: 70449091787     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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