Cesarean delivery on maternal request: Obstetrician-gynecologists' knowledge, perception, and practice patterns

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-66

  Bettes, Barbara A ^b   Coleman, Victoria H ^a   Zinberg, Stanley ^b   Spong, Catherine Y ^b   Portnoy, Barry ^b   DeVoto, Emily ^b   Schulkin, Jay ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33845931029     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000249608.11864.b6     Document Type: Article

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