Patients' attitudes vs. physicians' determination: Implications for cesarean sections

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Lo, Joan C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cesarean sections; Culture; Maternal requests; Patients' attitude; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038336204     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00301-5     Document Type: Article

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