Reintegration of Women Post Obstetric Fistula Repair: Experience of Family Caregivers
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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 fistula (OF) repair and their family members who assist them to integrate back into their lives p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Qualitative Nursing Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2333-3936,2333-3936
DOI: 10.1177/2333393617714927