Cesarean delivery on maternal request: A Western North Carolina perspective

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 725-734

  Romero, Stephanie T ^a   Coulson, Carol C ^a   Galvin, Shelley L ^a  

^a MAHEC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR); Delivery routes; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860885392     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0769-x     Document Type: Review

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