Making choices for childbirth: Development and testing of a decision-aid for women who have experienced previous caesarean

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-313

  Shorten, Allison ^a,b   Chamberlain, Marie ^b   Shorten, Brett ^a   Kariminia, Azar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Northern Sydney Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth choice; Caesarean section; Decision support; Decision aid; Patient education

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 1442333487     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00106-X     Document Type: Article

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