A comparison between Swedish midwives and obstetricians & gynecologists opinions on cesarean section

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-560

  Josefsson, Ann ^a   Gunnervik, Christina ^a,b   Sydsjö, Adam ^a   Sydsjö, Gunilla ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Värnamo County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cesarean; Maternal request; Mode of delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 80051697653     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0630-7     Document Type: Article

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