As a standalone statistic, the rate of ‘low risk’ caesarean births lacks the nuance needed to inform and improve individual care. Childbirth metrics must adopt a broader, patient-centred perspective.
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A new study has found a link between being born by caesarean section and having a greater chance of being diagnosed with autism or ADHD. But there’s no evidence caesarean sections cause them.
A Lancet series shows that C-sections are performed for non-medical reasons in private health while poor women who need the surgery don’t have access.
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Professor and Canada Research Chair for Population and Global Health, University of Manitoba
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Director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OB/GYN), Aga Khan University
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Gynecologist & Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary