Sherrod MM. Fifty Years of the Rise in Cesarean Birth in the United States and Opportunities for Improvement.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2021;
50:515-524. [PMID:
34303656 DOI:
10.1016/j.jogn.2021.05.002]
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Abstract
Factors that shaped and promoted cultural norms in the 1900s continue to influence current obstetric practice today. The incidence of cesarean birth too often has little to do with the health needs of the woman or the fetus and more to do with multiple factors over which the woman has no control. Nurses and midwives can reduce unnecessary cesarean births and have the necessary knowledge, competence, and skills to help women give birth without medical intervention.
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