Requests for cesarean deliveries: The politics of labor pain and pain relief in Shanghai, China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-8

  Wang, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CDMR; Cesarean deliveries; Childbirth; China; Labor pain; Pain relief

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MATERNAL HEALTH;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 85000788373     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.032     Document Type: Article

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