Should Doctors Perform an Elective Caesarean Section on Request? Yes, As Long As the Woman is Fully Informed

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1998 Aug 14

PMID 9703532

Citations 27

Authors

S Paterson-Brown

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