Turkish obstetricians' personal preference for mode of delivery and attitude toward cesarean delivery on maternal request

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-549

  Arikan, Deniz Cemgil ^a   Özer, Ali ^a   Arikan, Ilker ^b   Coskun, Ayhan ^a   Kiran, Hakan ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Maternal request; Obstetricians' attitude; Turkish obstetricians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INJURY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN DELIVERY ON MATERNAL REQUEST; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM INJURY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKISH; ANAL CANAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TURKEY;

EID: 84856005254     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1682-z     Document Type: Article

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