title: Reducing the rate of cesarean birth.
abstract: This column examines recent research that illustrates the varying perspectives of cesarean birth and vaginal birth.
authors.affiliation: M ary L ou M oore is an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Mary Lou
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Moore