'I stayed with my illness': a grounded theory study of health seeking behaviour and treatment pathways of patients with obstetric fistula in Kenya

• मुख्य लेखकों: Anne M. Khisa (लेखक), Grace M. Omoni (लेखक), Isaac K. Nyamongo (लेखक), Rachel F. Spitzer (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Obstetric fistula classic symptoms of faecal and urinary incontinence cause women to live with social stigma, isolation, psychological trauma and lose their source of livelihoods. There is a paucity of studies on the health seeking behaviour trajectories of women with fistula ill...