Attitudes of Midwives in Sweden Toward a Woman's Refusal of an Emergency Cesarean Section or a Cesarean Section on Request

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Danerek, Margaretha ^a   Maršál, Karel ^a   Cuttini, Marina ^b   Lingman, Göran ^a   Nilstun, Tore ^a   Dykes, Anna Karin ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Decision making; Midwife; Refusal; Request

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951786390     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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