Elective caesarean delivery: A mixed method qualitative investigation

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kennedy, Holly Powell ^a   Grant, Jane ^b   Walton, Cathy ^b   Sandall, Jane ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Elective caesarean; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REOPERATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REOPERATION; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 84887997731     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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