The push against vaginal birth

Birth

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-152

  Young, Diony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONICS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWIN PREGNANCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PARTURITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0042825397     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2003.00238.x     Document Type: Editorial

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