Elective abdominal delivery - Should mothers have the right to choose?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 192-

  Ncayiyana, Daniel J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEAR; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL RISK; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 17844398529     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (4)

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4. Groom K, Brown SP. The rate of caesarean sections is not the issue. BMJ 2000; 320: 1072.