Preventable infant mortality and quality of health care: maternal perception of the child's illness and treatment Mortes infantis por causas evitáveis e qualidade dos serviços de saúde: um estudo da percepção materna da doença e do atendimento à criança doente

• Main Authors: Salime Hadad (Author), Elisabeth França (Author), Elizabeth Uchôa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study used a qualitative methodology to analyze the discourse of mothers from Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, whose infant children had died from what were considered avoidable causes (diarrhea, malnutrition, and pneumonia), seeking to elucidate the factors associated...