Diminished control and unmet expectations: Testing a model of adjustment to unplanned cesarean delivery

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-204

  Deluca, Robyn Stein ^a   Lobel, Marci ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920136311     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/asap.12040     Document Type: Article

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