Obstetric “Conveniences”: Elective Induction of Labor, Cesarean Birth on Demand, and Other Potentially Unnecessary Interventions

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing

• Publication date

  2005-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/00005237-200504000-00010PMID 15923963
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