Women's attitudes regarding mode of delivery and cesarean delivery on maternal request

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 894-899

  Pevzner, Leo ^a   Preslicka, Christine ^b   Bush, Melissa C ^c   Chan, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Memorial Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean; maternal request; patient attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79958033250     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.531797     Document Type: Article

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