Health seeking behaviour of childless women in Bangladesh: An ethnographic exploration for the special issue on: Loss in child bearing

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1780-1787

  Nahar, Papreen ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Childlessness; Health seeking; Health policy; Infertility; Reproductive health; South East Asia; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; INFERTILITY; INFORMAL SECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILDLESSNESS; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; MYMENSINGH;

EID: 78049303896     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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