Satisfaction with cesarean section: Qualitative analysis of open-ended questions in a large postal survey

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-154

  Porter, Maureen ^a   Van Teijlingen, Edwin ^a   Chi Ying Yip, Livia ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Qualitative study; Satisfaction studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34249805137     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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