II. The unfacts of 'request' caesarean section

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 597-605

  Bewley, Susan ^a   Cockburn, Jayne ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NOTE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STILLBIRTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURVIVAL;

CESAREAN SECTION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0036598488     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.07106.x     Document Type: Note

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