Do Italian women prefer cesarean section? Results from a survey on mode of delivery preferences

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Torloni, Maria Regina ^a,b   Betrán, Ana Pilar ^c   Montilla, Pilar ^d,e   Scolaro, Elisa ^c   Seuc, Armando ^c   Mazzoni, Agustina ^f,g   Althabe, Fernando ^f,g   Merzagora, Francesca ^d,e   Donzelli, Gian Paolo ^h,i   Merialdi, Mario ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b not available   (Brazil)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d ONDa Osservatorio Nazionale sulla salute della Donna   (Italy)

^e Foro Buonaparte   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^g not available   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

ⁱ not available   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Delivery; Health surveys; Obstetric; Public opinion; Vaginal birth after cesarean; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; JUVENILE; LABOR PAIN; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PUERPERIUM; RELATIVE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AGE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; PAIN; PARITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; PAIN; PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875305734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-78     Document Type: Article

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