&apos;They treat you like you are not a human being&apos;: maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana.

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to explore community and health-care provider attitudes towards maltreatment during delivery in rural northern Ghana, and compare findings against The White Ribbon Alliance's seven fundamental rights of childbearing women.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Midwifery

Title: Midwifery

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-3099

ISSN (Print): 0266-6138

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2014

Volume: 30

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Global REACH, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School, 5115 Med Sci 1; 1301 Catherine St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: camoyer@umich.edu.

[2 ] Department of Social and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. Electronic address: pbadongo@ug.edu.gh.

[3 ] Navrongo Health Research Centre, PO Box 114, Navrongo UE/R, Ghana; Department of Public Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, MONASH University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehasan, Malaysia. Electronic address: raborigo@navrongo.mimcom.org.

[4 ] Navrongo Health Research Centre, PO Box 114, Navrongo UE/R, Ghana. Electronic address: abraham.hodgson@ghsmail.org.

[5 ] Departments of Pediatrics and Maternal and Child Health, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7596, 4th Floor, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7596, USA. Electronic address: Cyril_engmann@med.unc.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S0266-6138(13)00151-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.006

PubMed ID: 23790959

SO-VID: 307f10ad-400c-4392-b3af-699ff2101ca7

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Keywords: Africa,Facility-based delivery,Maternal health service utilisation,Respectful care

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Keywords: Africa, Facility-based delivery, Maternal health service utilisation, Respectful care

'They treat you like you are not a human being': maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana.

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