Background Rates of cesarean section have risen around the world in recent years.
Accordingly, much effort is being made worldwide to understand this trend and to counteract …

Background: Given the increasing rate of cesarean delivery and request without maternal or
fetal indication among pregnant women, this systematic review was conducted to obtain the …

Background and methods Caesarean section (C-section) is a major obstetric intervention for
saving lives of women and their newborns from pregnancy and childbirth related …

Background This population-based cohort study aimed to investigate the demographic and
psychosocial characteristics associated with fear of childbirth and the relative importance of …

Please cite this paper as: Mazzoni A, Althabe F, Liu N, Bonotti A, Gibbons L, Sánchez A,
Belizán J. Women's preference for caesarean section: a systematic review and meta …

Background: The cesarean section rate continues to rise in many countries with routine
access to medical services, yet this increase is not associated with improvement in perinatal …

A growing number of children around the world are being born by surgical delivery, or
cesarean section. Concerns over rising rates of cesareans have focused on the risk of death …

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: a growing number of childbearing women are reported to
prefer a caesarean section in the absence of a medical reason. Qualitative research …

This report presents the findings of the national audit of caesarean section rates in England,
Wales and Northern Ireland. As the first national survey of its kind, this report provides …

Background: The belief that many women demand cesarean sections in the absence of
clinical indications appears to be pervasive. The aim of this study was to examine whether …