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http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7343/942

The objetive of this paper is to investigate why some women prefer cesarean sections and how decisions to medicalise birthing are influenced by patients, doctors, and the sociomedical environment. BMJ 2002;324:942 ( 20 April ).(Sign-in/subscription is necessary for full-text)

Author(s): Béhague, Dominique, Victora, Cesar, Barros, Fernando Originator(s): BMJ

Resource added in: 12/07/2002

Available languages: English

Cesarean Section, Delivery of Health Care, Pregnacy, Health Care Quality, Equity, Health services Accessibility^util, Equity, Living Conditions

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