Accessing Maternity Care in Rural Canada: There's More to the Story Than Distance to a Doctor
Drawing upon a comparative, qualitative study of the experiences of rural women accessing maternity care in two Canadian provinces, we demonstrate that availability of services, having economic and informational resources to access the services offered, and the appropriateness of those
services in terms of gender, continuity of care, confidentiality, quality of care, and cultural fit are key to an accurate understanding of health care access. We explore the implications of living rurally on each of these dimensions, thereby revealing both gaps in and solutions to rural maternity
care access that narrower, proximity-based definitions miss.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Publication date: 01 September 2008
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