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NIH Consensus Development Task Force on Cesarean Childbirth: The Process and the Result
Author(s) -
Shearer Elizabeth
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1981.tb01553.x
Subject(s) - task force , childbirth , task (project management) , obstetrics , process (computing) , medicine , pregnancy , computer science , political science , economics , management , biology , genetics , public administration , operating system
Ways to lower the incidence of the two most frequent indications for cesarean, repeat cesarean and dystocia, were recommended by the NIH Consensus Development Task Force in September, 1980. This paper describes the recommendations and criticisms of the work of the Task Force.