Primigravid women's views of being approached to participate in a hypothetical term cephalic trial of planned vaginal birth versus planned cesarean birth

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Lavender, Tina ^a   Kingdon, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Interview; Trial; Vaginal birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDWIFE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 70049116076     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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