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A doctor's quest : the struggle for mother-and-child health around the globe /

Dr. Gretchen Roedde tells the stories of the hopes of village women in the developing world struggling to give birth safely. A Doctor's Quest analyzes the slow progress in global maternal health, contrasting the affluence of the few with the precarious plight of the world's poorest.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roedde, Gretchen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Dundurn, [2012]
Subjects:
Maternal health services.
Maternal and infant welfare.
HIV-positive persons > Care.
Maternal Health Services.
Maternal Death.
Child Mortality.
Infant Mortality.
Medical Missions, Official.
Poverty.
Developing Countries.
Popular Works.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Description
Summary:Dr. Gretchen Roedde tells the stories of the hopes of village women in the developing world struggling to give birth safely. A Doctor's Quest analyzes the slow progress in global maternal health, contrasting the affluence of the few with the precarious plight of the world's poorest.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Description based on opening page (viewed Jan 27, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781459706446
1459706447
9781459706453
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1459706439
9781459706439
9781283695718
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