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“This policy sucks and it’s stupid:” Mapping maternity care for First Nations women on reserves in Manitoba, Canada

Abstract

First Nations women who live on rural and remote reserves in Canada leave their communities between 36 and 38 weeks gestational age to receive labor and birthing services in large urban centers. The process and administrative details of this process are undocumented despite decades of relocation as a routine component of maternity care. Using data from 32 semistructured interviews and information from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature, …

Authors

Lawford KM; Bourgeault IL; Giles AR

Journal

Health Care For Women International, Vol. 40, No. 12, pp. 1302–1335

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

December 2, 2019

DOI

10.1080/07399332.2019.1639706

ISSN

0739-9332