A qualitative study to explore the attitudes of women and obstetricians towards caesarean delivery in rural Bangladesh
Caesarean section is a lifesaving surgical intervention for women and their newborns, though overutilization is a public health concern. The caesarean rate in Bangladesh is approximately 23% overall, and in private facilities it is over 70%. It is essential to know both the supply side (obstetrician...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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12 September 2018
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BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 18 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2393 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12884-018-1993-9 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1993-9
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| Verfasserangaben: | Tahmina Begum, Cathryn Ellis, Malabika Sarker, Jean-Francois Rostoker, Aminur Rahman, Iqbal Anwar and Laura Reichenbach |
| Zusammenfassung: | Caesarean section is a lifesaving surgical intervention for women and their newborns, though overutilization is a public health concern. The caesarean rate in Bangladesh is approximately 23% overall, and in private facilities it is over 70%. It is essential to know both the supply side (obstetricians) and demand side (parturient women) views on caesarean birth in order to formulate specific interventions to address the escalating rate of caesareans. |
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| Beschreibung: | Gesehen am 10.03.2020 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-2393 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12884-018-1993-9 |