Lessons from Semmelweis:A Social Epidemiologic Update On Safe Motherhood
In this historical review, Ignaz Semmelweis's study of handwashing to prevent puerperal fever is described and used as a benchmark from which to identify salient issues that are informative to today's women’s health activists working for Safe Motherhood. The epidemiology of contemporary ex...
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| Language: | English |
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Social Medicine Publication Group
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Social Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/194 |