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The Rise in Caesarean Section Rate

Uriel M*
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ISSN: 2474-9230  10.23880/oajg-16000149  Received: January 23, 2018  Published: February 02, 2018
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Caesarean Healthcare Pregnancies
Abstract

The caesarean section rate is a number that worries different level of health opinion, since healthcare personnel to social media, generating a broad debate within public opinion nowadays. There is not discussion that cesarean delivery has changed the panorama of childbirth, decreasing indeed the rate of mortality in mothers and babies, but also it’s known that currently some people think that caesarean delivery is an option that many women want to choose for their pregnancies [1-3].

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  title   = {The Rise in Caesarean Section Rate},
  author  = {Uriel M},
  journal = {Open Access Journal of Gynecology},
  year    = {2018},
  volume  = {3},
  number  = {1},
  doi     = {10.23880/oajg-16000149}
}
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