Putting mothers and babies at risk: Promoting the elusive "cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request"

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-257

  Jukelevics, Nicette ^a  

^a Center for Family   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABY; CESAREAN SECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; INFORMED CONSENT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTHER; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 70049116226     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00332.x     Document Type: Note

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