Only when the boat has started sinking: A maternal death in rural north India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1711-1718

  Jeffery, Patricia ^a   Jeffery, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; Institutional delivery; Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY); Maternal mortality; Muslims; National rural health mission; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CHILDBEARING; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; ISLAMISM; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORALITY; RURAL POPULATION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; ISLAM; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

BIJNOR; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 78049262429     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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