What do episiotomy and cesarean have to do with copernicus, galileo, and newton?

Birth

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Klein, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; EDITORIAL; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

CESAREAN SECTION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649161236     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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