'When helpers hurt': women's and midwives' stories of obstetric violence in state health institutions, Colombo district, Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: Dinusha Perera (Author), Ragnhild Lund (Author), Katarina Swahnberg (Author), Berit Schei (Author), Jennifer J. Infanti (Author), on behalf of the ADVANCE study team (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The paper explores how age, social position or class, and linguistic and cultural background intersect and place women in varying positions of control and vulnerability to obstetric violence in state health institutions in Colombo district, Sri Lanka. Obstetric violence occurs du...