American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 48.e1-48.e8 , January 2009

Obstetricians' choice of cesarean delivery in ambiguous cases: is it influenced by risk attitude or fear of complaints and litigation?

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Førde, Norway, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2007, and at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 20-24, 2007.

  • Dorthe Fuglenes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Dorthe Fuglenes, MD, Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1089, Blindern, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway
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  • Pål Øian, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of North Norway and the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Institute of Public Health, Research Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Received 5 February 2008 ,Revised 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 8 July 2008.

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    Fuglenes. Obstetricians' choice of cesarean delivery in ambiguous cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009.

    A flow chart illustrating the total study population

    Fuglenes. Obstetricians' choice of cesarean delivery in ambiguous cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009.

 Cite this article as: Fuglenes D, Øian P, Kristiansen IS. Obstetricians' choice of cesarean delivery in ambiguous cases: is it influenced by risk attitude or fear of complaints and litigation? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:48.e1-48.e8.

 This study was financed by the University of Oslo.

PII: S0002-9378(08)00802-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.021

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 48.e1-48.e8 , January 2009

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