Ethics and "Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Demand"

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 405-409

  Latham, Stephen R ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean section; ethics; maternal demand

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 71549129288     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.07.009     Document Type: Review

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