Midwifery tutors' capacity and willingness to teach contraception, post-abortion care, and legal pregnancy termination in Ghana

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Voetagbe, Gertrude ^a   Yellu, Nathaniel ^b   Mills, Joseph ^a   Mitchell, Ellen ^a   Adu Amankwah, Amanda ^a   Jehu Appiah, Koma ^d   Nyante, Felix ^c  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b GHS   (Ghana)

^c Nursing and Midwifery Council   (Ghana)

^d Nursing and Midwifery Council ^*

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EID: 77649277728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-2     Document Type: Article

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