Cesarean section in Shanghai: Women's or healthcare provider's preferences?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Deng, Wei ^a,b   Klemetti, Reija ^c   Long, Qian ^d   Wu, Zhuochun ^a,c   Duan, Chenggang ^a   Zhang, Wei Hong ^e,f   Ronsmans, Carine ^g   Zhang, Yu ^a   Hemminki, Elina ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d DUKE KUNSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Clinical indications; Delivery mode preference; Healthcare provider's suggestion; Urban China

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRICIAN; OBSTETRICS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965177328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-285     Document Type: Article

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