Cesarean section rate in Iran, multidimensional approaches for behavioral change of providers: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yazdizadeh, Bahareh ^a   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a,b   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Rashidian, Arash ^a   Changizi, Nasrin ^c   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79959828828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-159     Document Type: Article

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