How natural can major surgery really be? a critique of "the natural caesarean" technique

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-170

  Newman, Lareen ^a,b   Hancock, Heather ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 66949168165     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00318.x     Document Type: Note

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