Caesarean section in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 470-488

  Baldo, M Hassan ^a  

^a University of Al Zaiem Al Azhari   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREECH PRESENTATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREMATURITY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREND STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUDAN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 45849129101     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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