title: Who wants a caesarean section? A study of women's personal experience of vaginal and caesarean delivery.
abstract: The Changing Childbirth report, 1999, explicitly endorsed the right of women to be involved in childbirth decisions and to have a choice in childbirth and it has been suggested that maternal requests for a caesarean birth has been a significant factor in the recently observed increases in caesarean section rates. There have been reports of both obstetrician's views and midwives' views regarding the mode of delivery. However, there is a lack of literature reporting the views of women who have experienced personally both a caesarean section and a vaginal delivery. Fifty women in Milton Keynes who had had at least one vaginal delivery and at least one caesarean section were asked for their opinion.
authors.affiliation: Hope Hospital, Salford, UK. drfaisalaslam@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Aslam
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gilmour
authors.forename: R D S
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fawdry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy