Too Posh To Push? Comparative perspectives on maternal request caesarean sections in Canada, the US, the UK and Finland

Advances in Medical Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages 99-123

  Lynn Bourgeault, Ivy ^a   Declercq, Eugene ^a   Sandall, Jane ^a   Wrede, Sirpa ^a   Vanstone, Meredith ^a   van Teijlingen, Edwin ^a   DeVries, Raymond ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^a  

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EID: 56849095765     PISSN: 10576290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-6290(08)10006-7     Document Type: Review

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