"it's all the rage these days": University students' attitudes toward vaginal and cesarean birth

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Stoll, Kathrin ^a   Fairbrother, Nichole ^a   Carty, Elaine ^a   Jordan, Nané ^a   Miceli, Carole ^a   Vostrcil, Yarra ^a   Willihnganz, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Birth choice; Cesarean section; University students; Vaginal birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARTURITION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 66949159478     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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