Why women request cesarean section without medical indication?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1133-1137

  Dursun, Polat ^a   Yanik, Filiz B ^a   Zeyneloglu, Hulusi B ^a   Baser, Eralp ^a   Kuscu, Esra ^a   Ayhan, Ali ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

attitudes; Cesarean delivery; cesarean delivery on maternal request; cesarean delivery without medical indication; knowledge; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CESAREAN DELIVERY ON MATERNAL REQUEST; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052743239     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.531327     Document Type: Article

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