Many pregnant women who request planned caesarean deliveries are simply told no, despite guidelines advising doctors who disagree to offer referral or transfer care.
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The decline in US birth weight is somewhat of a puzzle for public health researchers.
Planning to give birth just a little early carries long-term risks for babies, as researchers are discovering. This is why we should be concerned.
Turkey’s high cesarean rates cannot be tackled by top-down restrictive laws.
Are we overscheduling our children even from the moment of their birth? We live in an on-demand world. Movies are shown on request, food is delivered on call and drivers arrive when beckoned. As an economist…
As more and more babies are delivered by cesarean section, we need to start investigating what that means for their long-term health.
Humans have always required some form of extra help being born. But how much help is truly necessary – and how much is too much.
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PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Policy and Population Health, New York University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary