An examination of women experiencing obstetric complications requiring emergency care: Perceptions and sociocultural consequences of caesarean sections in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-171

  Khan, Rasheda ^a   Blum, Lauren S ^a   Sultana, Marzia ^a   Bilkis, Sayeda ^a   Koblinsky, Marge ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Caesarean section; Childbirth; Economic burden; Obstetric complications; Perceptions; Qualitative studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865077032     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v30i2.11309     Document Type: Article

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