Swedish caregivers' attitudes towards caesarean section on maternal request

Women and Birth

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 57-63

  Karlström, Annika ^a,b   Engström Olofsson, Regina ^a   Nystedt, Astrid ^b   Thomas, Jan ^c   Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^b,d  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Caesarean section; Caregivers; Content analysis; Focus groups interviews; Maternal request

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 67349271859     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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