'What about the mother?' Women's and caregivers' perspectives on caesarean birth in a low-resource setting with rising caesarean section rates

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 713-720

  Litorp, Helena ^a   Mgaya, Andrew ^a,b   Kidanto, Hussein L ^a,b   Johnsdotter, Sara ^c   Essén, Birgitta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Caesarean section; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSING; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84930925655     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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