Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 101-103 , September 2007

Caesareans and authoritative knowledge

  • K. Fahy

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.07.006

Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 101-103 , September 2007