Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 305-308 , October 2006

Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request: Wise Use of Finite Resources? A View from the Trenches

  • Maurice L. Druzin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Maurice L. Druzin, MD, Division of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, Stanford University, Dept Ob/Gyn, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room HH333, Stanford, CA 94305-5317.
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  • Yasser Y. El-Sayed, MD

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PII: S0146-0005(06)00103-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.07.012

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 305-308 , October 2006

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