Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 57-63 , June 2009

Swedish caregivers’ attitudes towards caesarean section on maternal request

  • Annika Karlström

      Affiliations

    • Research & Development Centre, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall SE-851 86, Sweden
    • Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, Sundsvall SE-851 70, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Research & Development Centre, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall SE-851 86, Sweden. Tel.: +46 703220767; fax: +46 60180741.
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  • Regina Engström-Olofsson

      Affiliations

    • Research & Development Centre, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall SE-851 86, Sweden
    • ,
  • Astrid Nystedt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, Sundsvall SE-851 70, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jan Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Kenyon College, Palm House 108, Gambier, OH 43022-9623, United States
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  • Ingegerd Hildingsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, Sundsvall SE-851 70, Sweden
    • Department of Woman and Child, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 76, Sweden

Received 18 June 2008 ,Revised 23 December 2008 ,Accepted 23 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.12.002

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