Dilemmas and paradoxes in providing and changing antenatal care: a study of nurses and midwives in rural Zimbabwe.

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Published in Health Policy Plan on September 23, 2005

Authors

T Mathole1, G Lindmark, B M Ahlberg

Author Affiliations

1: Uppsala University, Department of Women and Children's Health, Section for International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), University Hospital, Entrance 11, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. tmathole@hotmail.com

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