Gender issues worsen Iraq's medical woes

Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 13:42 in Health & Medicine

SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq (AP) -- This part of Iraq, says Dr. Ayad al-Hadithy, is so conservative that a man would rather have his pregnant wife die in labor than be touched by a male nurse or doctor....

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