Use of biomedical obstetric care in rural Tanzania: The role of social and material inequalities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 760-768

  Spangler, Sydney A ^a   Bloom, Shelah S ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FIELDWORK; HEALTH CARE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSTETRIC CARE; PARITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; OBSERVATION; OBSTETRICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 77955067869     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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