Targeted doctors, missing patients: Obstetric health services and sectarian conflict in Northern Pakistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-70

  Varley, Emma ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maternal morbidity and mortality; Obstetric health services; Pakistan; Sectarian conflict; Sectarianism; Service access barriers

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAKISTAN; POLITICS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

CRIME VICTIMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70649102210     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.028     Document Type: Article

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