Abstract:Statement of Significance Literature demonstrates women living in poverty in remote areas are less likely to receive adequate health care, particularly in regard to obstetrics and gynecology. Lack of medical care during childbirth is associated with significant maternal mortality due to otherwise readily prevented or treated causes. While reproductive healthcare for women in all 'developing nations' merits consideration, this catch-all term for under-resourced regions obscures disproportionate burdens faced b… Show more
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