Are there "unnecessary" cesarean sections? Perceptions of women and obstetricians about cesarean sections for nonclinical indications

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-41

  Weaver, Jane J ^a   Statham, Helen ^b   Richards, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Maternal choice; Maternal request

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPARA; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLANNING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33847069203     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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