Vaginal birth after cesarean birth: A national survey of U.S. midwifery practice

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 347-352

  Carr, Catherine A ^a   Burkhardt, Patricia ^b   Avery, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OBSTETRIC CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 0037056725     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-9523(02)00286-6     Document Type: Article

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