Reintegration of Women Post Obstetric Fistula Repair: Experience of Family Caregivers

In northern Ghana, families traditionally function as the main provider of care. The role of family, however, is becoming increasingly challenged with the social shifts in Ghanaian culture moving from extended kinship to nuclear households. This has implications for the care of women post obstetric...

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Main Authors: Kimberly Jarvis (Author), Solina Richter (Author), Helen Vallianatos (Author), Lois Thornton (Author)
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Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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