Confronting maternal mortality, controlling birth in Nepal: The gendered politics of receiving biomedical care at birth

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1719-1727

  Brunson, Jan ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Childbirth loss; Gender; Maternal health care; Medicalization; Nepal; Obstetric emergencies; Women

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CASTE SYSTEM; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 78049280123     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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