Elective cesarean birth: Issues and ethics of an informed decision

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 421-429

  McFarlin, Barbara L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean birth on demand; Cesarean section; Ethics; Informed consent; Maternal mortality; Risks of cesarean birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENDOMETRITIS; FEAR; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEVER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PNEUMONIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STILLBIRTH; STROKE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND INFECTION; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644259346     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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