Pragmatic prevention, permanent solution: Women's experiences with hysterectomy in rural India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-18

  Desai, Sapna ^a,b  

^a SEWA Insurance   (India)

^b C 9 Maharani Bagh   (India)

Author keywords

Gynecological; Hysterectomy; India; Pragmatic agency; Sterilization; Women's health

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TREATMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEDICINE; POWER RELATIONS; RURAL AREA; STERILIZATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; FAMILY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84953791552     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.046     Document Type: Article

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