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Volume 26, 2018 - Issue 53: Disrespect and abuse in maternal care: addressing key challenges
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Eye of the beholder? Observation versus self-report in the measurement of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth

Lynn P FreedmanProfessor of Population and Family Health and Director, Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephanie A KujawskiResearcher, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7915-8553View further author information
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Selemani MbuyitaResearch Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-6137View further author information
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August KuwawenaruwaResearch Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-443XView further author information
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Margaret E KrukAssociate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-8432View further author information
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Kate RamseySenior Research Officer, Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8784-0779View further author information
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Godfrey MbarukuChief Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-5877View further author information
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Pages 107-122 | Published online: 10 Sep 2018

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