Promoting evidence based practice in maternal care

Editorial

Ana Langer et al. BMJ. 2002.

. 2002 Apr 20;324(7343):928-9.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7343.928.

No abstract available

Comment in

Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil. Demand should be assessed rather than inferred.
Potter JE, Hopkins K. Potter JE, et al. BMJ. 2002 Aug 10;325(7359):335. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12169516 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Model for Bangalore helped disseminate information to doctors in India.
Sridhar CB, Suresh D. Sridhar CB, et al. BMJ. 2003 Feb 8;326(7384):337. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7384.337/a. BMJ. 2003. PMID: 12574055 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil: informed decision making, patient choice, or social inequality? A population based birth cohort study linking ethnographic and epidemiological methods.
Béhague DP, Victora CG, Barros FC. Béhague DP, et al. BMJ. 2002 Apr 20;324(7343):942-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7343.942. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 11964338 Free PMC article.
Episiotomy rates in primiparous women in Latin America: hospital based descriptive study.
Althabe F, Belizán JM, Bergel E. Althabe F, et al. BMJ. 2002 Apr 20;324(7343):945-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7343.945. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 11964339 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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