• Military medicine · Jul 2023

    A Matter of the Heart: Why It Is Time to Change How We Talk About Maternal Mortality.

    • Megan Lord.
    • Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905, USA.
    • Mil Med. 2023 Jul 22; 188 (7-8): 168170168-170.

    AbstractAs the global burden of disease shifts from "diseases of poverty" such as diarrhea to "diseases of affluence" like diabetes and heart disease, a parallel shift is underway in maternal health. Maternal death from hemorrhage is decreasing, while deaths resulting from exacerbation of underlying chronic disease are on the rise.© The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2022. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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