The loss of dignity: social experience and coping of women with obstetric fistula, in Northwest Ethiopia

• Egile Nagusiak: Debrework Tesgera Bashah (Egilea), Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku (Egilea), Mezgebu Yitayal (Egilea), Telake Azale (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Abstract Background Obstetric fistula is a debilitating condition resulted from poorly (un) managed prolonged obstructed labor. It has significant psychosocial and economic consequences on those affected and their families. Data regarding experiences and coping mechanisms of Ethiopian women with fis...