Reasons for routine episiotomy: A mixed-methods study in a large maternity hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 23, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 68-77

  Schantz, Clémence ^a   Sim, Kruy Leang ^b   Ly, Ek Meng ^b   Barennes, Hubert ^c,d   Sudaroth, So ^b   Goyet, Sophie ^e  

^a Inserm   (France)

^b Calmette Hospital   (Cambodia)

^c Pasteur Institute   (Cambodia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Delivery; Episiotomy; Over medicalization; Pregnancy; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAMBODIA; CAMBODIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDWIFE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRICIAN; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PARITY; PERINEUM; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAMBODIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; PARITY; PERINEUM; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954197080     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rhm.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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