Have women become more willing to accept obstetric interventions and does this relate to mode of birth? Data from a prospective study

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-13

  Green, Josephine M ^a,b   Baston, Helen A ^b  

^a Department of Psychosocial Reproductive Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Changes over time; Epidural; Mode of birth; Obstetric technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847030363     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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