Beyond No Blame: Practical Challenges of Conducting Maternal and Perinatal Death Reviews in Eastern Ethiopia

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020 Jun 30;8(2):150-154. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00366. Print 2020 Jun 30.

Abstract

Lack of a professional body to address patients’ complaints regarding quality of health care and absence of clear medicolegal guidance hamper maternal death reviews in Ethiopia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Developing Countries
  • Ethiopia / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Maternal Death* / etiology
  • Maternal Death* / prevention & control
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Perinatal Death* / etiology
  • Perinatal Death* / prevention & control
  • Perinatal Mortality
  • Politics
  • Pregnancy
  • Quality of Health Care*