Respectful maternity care in Ethiopian public health facilities

• Main Authors: Ephrem D. Sheferaw (Author), Eva Bazant (Author), Hannah Gibson (Author), Hone B. Fenta (Author), Firew Ayalew (Author), Tsigereda B. Belay (Author), Maria M. Worku (Author), Aelaf E. Kebebu (Author), Sintayehu A. Woldie (Author), Young-Mi Kim (Author), T. van den Akker (Author), Jelle Stekelenburg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Disrespect and abuse of women during institutional childbirth services is one of the deterrents to utilization of maternity care services in Ethiopia and other low- and middle-income countries. This paper describes the prevalence of respectful maternity care (RMC) and mistreatmen...