Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Uterotonic Drugs during Childbirth in Karnataka, India: A Qualitative Research Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Deepak, Nitya Nand ^a   Mirzabagi, Ellie ^b   Koski, Alissa ^c   Tripathi, Vandana ^b  

^a PATH   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; BIRTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; PARTURITION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 84876905312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062801     Document Type: Article

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