Health system and societal barriers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) services - Lessons from World Diabetes Foundation supported GDM projects

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nielsen, Karoline Kragelund ^a,b   De Courten, Maximilian ^a   Kapur, Anil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b World Diabetes Foundation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barriers; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Health system; Low and middle income countries; Society

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; DIET; EQUIPMENT; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; NEGLIGENCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIETY; STIGMA;

EID: 84872962649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-33     Document Type: Article

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