Yemeni women's perceptions of own authority during childbirth: What does it have to do with achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
Background: women's underutilisation of professional care during childbirth in many low-income countries is a serious concern in terms of achievement of maternal Millennium Development Goal 5. Objective: to explore women's perceived own authority within the modern and traditional spheres of childbir...
| Publicado en: | Midwifery Vol. 29; no. 10; pp. 1182 - 1190 |
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Elsevier B.V.
2013
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