Factors affecting Taiwanese women's choice of cesarean section

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 201-209

  Hsu, Kuang Hung ^a   Liao, Pei Ju ^a,b   Hwang, Chorng Jer ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Birth timing; Cesarean section; Folk belief; Medical practice; Patient choice; Pe Ji; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; CULTURAL TRADITION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDICINE; ORIENTAL REGION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 36348979992     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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