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Title:Community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children under five years of age in Soweto, South Africa
Editor:Ngwenya, NonhlanhlaISNI
Year:2017
Periodical:Anthropology Southern Africa (ISSN 2332-3264)
Volume:40
Issue:2
Pages:108-121
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:children
autopsy
death
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1348237
Abstract:This interdisciplinary study, using qualitative and ethnographic research methods, collected data from 330 men and women in Soweto, South Africa, in order to understand the community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children who died under five years of age. The study found that the acceptability of MIAs depended on people's socio-cultural belief systems regarding death and afterlife; on power and gender dynamics within households; and on structural issues relating to the health care system and mortuary services. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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