ReviewBMC pregnancy and childbirth2019
Is it the decision of women to choose a cesarean section as the mode of birth? A review of literature on the views of stakeholders.
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- The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact on Postoperative Depression and Physical Recovery of Parturients after Cesarean Section in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Trial
- Caesarean section on maternal request - a qualitative study of stakeholders´ views.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- The struggle over caesarean section on maternal request: an ethical principles approach to Swedish media portrayal.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- How cesarean section rates can be reduced through an effective financial strategy: A protocol for systematic review.Medicine · 2025Article
- Determinants of Cesarean Delivery During Wartime in Atbara, Sudan: A Case-Control Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Psychological predictors of cesarean delivery on maternal request in upper middle-income settings and the mitigating role of prenatal psychological education: a multicenter longitudinal study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Navigating the choices of decision-making in cesarean sections: medical and personal perspectives from a qualitative study in Iraq.The Pan African medical journal · 2025Article
- Caesarean section on maternal request: a qualitative study of conflicts related to shared decision-making and person-centred care in Sweden.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Caesarean delivery on maternal request: the perspective of the postpartum women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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- Guideline documents on caesarean section on maternal request in Sweden: varying usability with a restrictive approach.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- A bit of medical paternalism? A qualitative study on power relations between women and healthcare providers when deciding on mode of birth in five public maternity wards of Argentina.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- "Because it eases my Childbirth Plan": a qualitative study on factors contributing to preferences for caesarean section in Thailand.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Conflicting attitudes between clinicians and women regarding maternal requested caesarean section: a qualitative evidence synthesis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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- A misdiagnosed case of a 150-cm umbilical cord coiled twice around the fetal neck with a true cord knot: A rare Syrian case report.SAGE open medical case reports · 2023Article
- Does Obesity Influence Women's Decision Making about the Mode of Delivery?Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Factors Influencing Polish Women's Preference for the Mode of Delivery and Shared-Decision Making: Has Anything Changed over the Last Decade?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- A Decade of Wishes-Changes in Maternal Preference of the Mode of Delivery among Polish Women over the Last Decade.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Cesarean delivery on maternal request and its influencing factors in Chongqing, China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundA debate on the decision of women to choose a cesarean section as the mode of birth in uncomplicated pregnancies from the views of relevant stakeholders. MAIN TEXT: Using five electronic databases, a literature search was conducted for studies published from January 2003 to December 2016. Studies on a woman's right to request or to choose a cesarean section as the mode of birth in uncomplicated pregnancies were included. Fifty-five articles were identified (39 research studies and 16 opinion-based articles). Among health professionals, obstetricians were the most supportive of this right. It is argued that although women reported wanting to choose the mode of birth, with the safety of their babies as the priority, they also relied on the advice of their maternity care provider and considered it the responsibility of their obstetrician to make the decision. A higher proportion of the general public in countries with well-developed private healthcare accepted that a woman should have the freedom to choose the mode of birth.
conclusionsThis review provided a debate on the choice of pregnant women in uncomplicated pregnancies on the mode of birth from various stakeholders. Further research is required to explore what the meanings of autonomy of pregnant women to choose the mode of birth, and the process that they go through when making this decision.
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