"Therapeutic" bed rest in pregnancy: Unethical and Unsupported by Data

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1305-1308

  McCall, Christina A ^a   Grimes, David A ^a   Lyerly, Anne Drapkin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMINENT ABORTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBSTETRICS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BED REST; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84879120821     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318293f12f     Document Type: Article

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