Delay in the provision of adequate care to women who died from abortion-related complications in the principal maternity hospital of Gabon

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Mayi Tsonga, Sosthene ^a   Oksana, Litochenko ^b   Ndombi, Isabelle ^b   Diallo, Thierno ^b   de Sousa, Maria Helena ^c   Faúndes, Aníbal ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LIBREVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Service de gynecologie obstetrique   (Gabon)

^c Statistician   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

delay in initiating care; discrimination; Gabon; maternal mortality; unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GABON; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TIME;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GABON; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70949087100     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34465-1     Document Type: Article

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