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Perceptions and attitudes of pregnant women towards caesarean section in urban Nigeria

Michael Aziken, Lawrence Omo‐Aghoja, Friday Okonofua

Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica · 2007 · 114 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

There is a need for programs to increase women's and community understanding and perceptions of CS as a method of delivery in Nigeria.

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Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil: informed decision making, patient choice, or social inequality? A population based birth cohort study linking ethnographic and epidemiological methods

Dominique P. Béhague, Gabriel D. Victora, Fernando C Barros · BMJ · 2002 · 364 citations · Full text

Few women wish to be delivered by caesarean section

Ingegerd Hildingsson, Ingela Rådestad, Christine Rubertsson et al. · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2002 · 280 citations

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Investigation of 33 women who demanded a cesarean section for personal reasons

Elsa Lena Ryding · Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica · 1993 · 233 citations

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Obstetricians' opinions regarding patient choice in cesarean delivery

R. Gonen · Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2002 · 81 citations

Beyond the Simple Economics of Cesarean Section Birthing: Women's Resistance to Social Inequality

Dominique P. Béhague · Culture Medicine and Psychiatry · 2002 · 67 citations