Decision Making in Patient-Initiated Elective Cesarean Delivery: The Influence of Birth Stories

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 373-379

  Munro, Sarah ^a   Kornelsen, Jude ^a   Hutton, Eileen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

patient initiated elective cesarean delivery; primary elective cesarean delivery; qualitative interviewing; self help literature; women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NARRATIVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PARTURITION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 69249102395     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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