Trends in the medicalisation of childbirth in Flanders and the Netherlands

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Christiaens, Wendy ^a   Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne J ^b   de Vries, Raymond ^b,c,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Medicalisation of childbirth; Obstetrical interventions; Social problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICALIZATION; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84872497267     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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