Do doctors have an increased rate of Caesarean section?

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9110, 1998, Pages 1177-

  Geary, Michael ^a   Wilshin, Jean ^a   Persaud, Marcia ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a   Rodeck, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032542915     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79120-0     Document Type: Article

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5. 5 Wilkinson C, McIlwaine G, Boulton-Jones C, Cole S. Is a rising caesarean section rate inevitable? Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998; 105: 45-52.