Few women wish to be delivered by caesarean section

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 618-623

  Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^a   Rådestad, Ingela ^a   Rubertsson, Christine ^a   Waldenström, Ulla ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036596040     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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