Patient-Initiated Elective Cesarean Section of Nulliparous Women in British Columbia, Canada

Birth

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Hutton, Eileen K ^a,b   Kornelsen, Jude ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Patient autonomy; Patient choice; Patient elected cesarean section

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865584060     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2012.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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