'I stayed with my illness': a grounded theory study of health seeking behaviour and treatment pathways of patients with obstetric fistula in Kenya.

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Published in BMC Womens Health on September 29, 2017

Authors

Anne M Khisa1, Grace M Omoni2, Isaac K Nyamongo3,4, Rachel F Spitzer5

Author Affiliations

1: University of Nairobi, School of Nursing Sciences, Box 11952-00100, Nairobi, PO, Kenya. annekhisa@gmail.com.
2: University of Nairobi, School of Nursing Sciences, P.O Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
3: University of Nairobi, Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
4: The Cooperative University of Kenya, Division of Cooperative Development, Research and Innovation, Box 24814-00502, Nairobi, PO, Kenya.
5: University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, 155 College St. ON M57 3M7, Toronto, Canada.

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