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Fear, Risk, and the Responsible Choice: Risk Narratives and Lowering the Rate of Caesarean Sections in High-income Countries

In Canada, as elsewhere in the world, caesarean sections are the most common surgical procedure performed in hospitals annually. Recent national statistics indicate 28% of infants in Canada are born by c-section while in the United States that number rises to 33%. This is despite World Health Organi...

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Autores principales: Hallgrimsdottir, Helga, Shumka, Leah, Althaus, Catherine, Benoit, Cecilia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AIMS Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6111264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30155505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2017.6.615