Factors influencing repeat caesarean section: Qualitative exploratory study of obstetricians' and mid wives' accounts

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1054-1060

  Kamal, Pallavi ^a   Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^b   Oppenheimer, Christina ^c   Squire, Patricia ^c   Waugh, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDWIFE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 24344448308     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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