Should elective cesarean birth be an accepted option for women?

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-6

  Tillett, Jackie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEAR; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR; MIDWIFE; MULTIPARA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NOTE; NULLIPARA; NURSING; OBSTETRICS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM INJURY; PHOBIA; PILOT STUDY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STRESS; SURGICAL RISK; TACHYPNEA; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WELLBEING;

EID: 14844349997     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-200501000-00003     Document Type: Note

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