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Obstetric violence: The hard labour of delivery
/ 13 July 2022

Obstetric violence: The hard labour of delivery

Health workers in dysfunctional settings may abuse birthing patients as part of a strange rite of passage, and low-income women with less agency are more likely to suffer obstetric violence. This final year medical student relates his experience