Why do some pregnant women prefer cesarean? the influence of parity, delivery experiences, and fear

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45.e1-45.e9

  Fuglenes, Dorthe ^a   Aas, Eline ^a   Botten, Grete ^b   Øian, Pl ^c   Kristiansen, Ivar Sønbø ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Institute of Health and Society   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery; maternal request; preference; probability; regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COMORBIDITY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MULTIPARA; NORWAY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 80955180595     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.03.043     Document Type: Article

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