Caesarean or normal vaginal delivery: Overview of physicians' self-preference and suggestion to patients

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Hantoushzadeh, Sedigheh ^a,b   Rajabzadeh, Alireza ^a   Saadati, Ali ^a   Mahdanian, Abolfazl ^a   Ashrafinia, Narges ^a   Khazardoost, Soghra ^a   Borna, Sedigheh ^a   Maleki, Maryam ^a   Shariat, Mamak ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Physicians' preference; Physicians' suggestions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MARRIAGE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67649643673     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0858-2     Document Type: Article

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