Overview: Is the most comprehensive text on obstetric fistula, a major public health and humanitarian issue.Is the first text that takes a multidisciplinary approach to this neglected tropical disease of pregnaThis book applies a multi-disciplinary lens to examine obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury that results from prolonged, obstructed labor. While obstetric fistula can be prevented with emergency obstetric care, it continues to occur primarily in resource-limited settings. In this volume, specialists in the anthropological, psychological, public health, and biomedical disciplines, as we
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