Sex-Selective Abortion in Nepal: A Qualitative Study of Health Workers' Perspectives

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages S37-S41

  Lamichhane, Prabhat ^a   Harken, Tabetha ^b   Puri, Mahesh ^a   Darney, Philip D ^c   Blum, Maya ^c   Harper, Cynthia C ^c   Henderson, Jillian T ^c  

^a Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA)   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL STRESS; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEX SELECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS PERFORATION; WORK EXPERIENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEPAL; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955717130     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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