Attitudes of the new generation of canadian obstetricians: How do they differ from their predecessors?

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Klein, Michael C ^a   Liston, Robert ^b   Fraser, William D ^c   Baradaran, Nazli ^a   Hearps, Stephen J C ^a   Tomkinson, Jocelyn ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a   Brant, Rollin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cesarean; Electronic fetal monitoring; Epidural; Episiotomy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NOTE; OBSTETRICS;

HUMANS; OBSTETRICS;

EID: 79956213770     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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