Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon: a pathway towards evidence-based, respectful maternity care worldwide

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10056, 2016, Pages 2176-2192

  Miller, Suellen ^a   Abalos, Edgardo ^b   Chamillard, Monica ^b   Ciapponi, Agustin ^c   Colaci, Daniela ^c   Comandé, Daniel ^c   Diaz, Virginia ^b   Geller, Stacie ^d   Hanson, Claudia ^e,f   Langer, Ana ^g   Manuelli, Victoria ^a   Millar, Kathryn ^g   Morhason Bello, Imran ^f,h   Castro, Cynthia Pileggi ^i,j   Pileggi, Vicky Nogueira ^i,j   Robinson, Nuriya ^k   Skaer, Michelle ^l   Souza, João Paulo ^i,j   Vogel, Joshua P ^m   Althabe, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

ⁱ GLIDE Technical Cooperation and Research   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^k HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l Safe Motherhood Program   (United States)

^m WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL CARE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84991296147     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31472-6     Document Type: Review

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