A. Vallejos Parás , S. Espino y Sosa , M. López Cervantes , L. Durán Arenas
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Abstract
Caesarean section rates have increased steadily in most middle- and high-income countries in recent decades, with no medical justification. Maternal request is one of the non-medical factors frequently cited that contribute to this trend. The aim of this paper is to review the current literature on maternal preference for Caesarean section.
期刊介绍:
Perinatología y Reproducción Humana is the official journal of the Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Mexico. It is aimed at physicians of the area of perinatal and reproductive health (obstetrics and gynecology, maternal and fetal medicine, pediatricians, neonatologists, endocrinologists, infectious disease specialists, and neurologists) and also at health sciences professionals involved in the study of reproduction perinatal and reproductive health (chemists, biologists and neuro-physiologists). It is an electronic biannual journal, that publishes peer-reviewed original articles, in-deep reviews, letters to the editor and special sections related to basic, epidemiological, surgical, and clinical aspects in the area of perinatal and reproductive health, in English or Spanish languages and open access.