Francome, Colin; Savage, Wendy - In: Social Science & Medicine 37 (1993) 10, pp. 1199-1218
The rate of caesarean section (CSR) in Great Britain (GB) and the U.S.A., 12% in England in 1989 ascertained from a survey performed by the authors, and 24% according to official U.S. figures, is higher than warranted by the known and agreed obstetric indications for this operation, which...