Maternity Care as a Global Health Policy Issue

The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 85-100

  Benoit, Cecilia ^a,b   Declercq, Eugene ^c   Murray, Susan F ^d   Sandall, Jane ^d   van Teijlingen, Edwin ^e   Wrede, Sirpa ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-38493-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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