Dispelling the myths surrounding traditional birth attendants

BMJ

Volumn 343, Issue 7816, 2011, Pages

  Gill, Christopher J ^a   Hamer, Davidson H ^a   Knapp, Anna B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRAINING; FEMALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NOTE; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84857376771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4481     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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