Complications of childbirth and maternal deaths in Kinshasa hospitals: Testimonies from women and their families

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kabali, Eugénie ^a,d   Gourbin, Catherine ^b   De Brouwere, Vincent ^c  

^a Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Kinshasa ISTM KIN   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Care; Childbirth; Death; DR Congo; Emergency; maternal; Obstetric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONGO; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEGLIGENCE; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRICS; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955090476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-29     Document Type: Article

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