Combating coercion: Breech birth, parturient choice, and the evolution of evidence-based maternity care

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-180

  Kotaska, Andrew ^a,b,c  

^a Stanton Territorial Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Stanton Medical Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Coercion; Risk

Indexed keywords

BREECH EXTRACTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 34249780147     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00165.x     Document Type: Review

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