Trends in birth choices after caesarean section in Japan: A national survey examining information and access to vaginal birth after caesarean

Midwifery

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-56

  Torigoe, Ikuyo ^a   Shorten, Brett ^b   Yoshida, Shizuka ^a   Shorten, Allison ^c  

^a FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yale University School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision aids; Informed choice; Repeat caesarean section; Shared decision making; Trial of labour after caesarean (TOLAC); Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE MANAGER; PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BIRTH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPEAT CESAREAN SECTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

CESAREAN SECTION; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; OBSTETRICS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 84963857422     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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