Trial of Labor or Repeated Cesarean Section: The Woman's Choice

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 120-125

  Roberts, Richard G ^a   Bell, Hanan S ^b   Wall, Eric M ^c,h   Moy, Julie Graves ^d,e   Hess, George H ^f   Bower, Hugh P H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^h QuaMed Oregon Health Plan Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL INFECTION; STATISTICS; TRIAL OF LABOR; UNITED STATES; UTERUS RUPTURE;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TRIAL OF LABOR; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE RUPTURE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 0031093328     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.2.120     Document Type: Article

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