Beyond Numbers: The Multiple Cultural Meanings of Rising Cesarean Rates Worldwide

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 54-56

  Orfali, Kristina ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MALPRACTICE; MORALITY; MOTHER; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTHERS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84862319700     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2012.680544     Document Type: Article

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