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“Five hundred years of medicine gone to waste”? Negotiating the implementation of an intercultural health policy in the Ecuadorian Andes

BACKGROUND: In Ecuador, indigenous women have poorer maternal health outcomes and access to maternity services. This is partly due to cultural barriers. A hospital in Ecuador implemented the Vertical Birth (VB) policy to address such inequities by adapting services to the local culture. This include...

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Published in:BMC Public Health
Main Authors: Llamas, Ana, Mayhew, Susannah
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987654/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29866186
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5601-8
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