Disabled women's maternal and newborn health care in rural Nepal: A qualitative study

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1132-1139

  Morrison, Joanna ^a   Basnet, Machhindra ^b   Budhathoki, Bharat ^b   Adhikari, Dhruba ^b   Tumbahangphe, Kirti ^b   Manandhar, Dharma ^b   Costello, Anthony ^a   Groce, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIRA   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Access; Disability; Equity; Neonatal; Quality; Respectful care

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84907984524     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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