Seeking Maternal Care at Times of Conflict: The Case of Lebanon

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 352-362

  Kabakian Khasholian, Tamar ^a   Shayboub, Rawan ^a   El Kak, Faysal ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEBANON; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876049832     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.736570     Document Type: Article

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