Lack of political will is a clinical issue

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7695, 2009, Pages

  Meguid, Tarek ^a  

^a KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILDBIRTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84858996971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmi.b1013     Document Type: Article

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