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Medical Journals

These web sites give you free access to abstracts, some also give you free access to entire articles.

  • American  Family Physicians
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • American Medical Association Journal
  • British Journal of Midwifery
  • Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care
  • British Medical Journal
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
  • Journal of Women’s Health
  • Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Journal of Nurse-Midwifery
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology – “The Green Journal”

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Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth: Making Informed Decisions

By: Nicette Jukelevics

Foreword by
Charles Mahan, M.D.

Critically examines the increasing use of cesarean deliveries for childbirth, the risks, outcomes, and other issues women need to consider to make an informed decision whether to have a natural birth or a cesarean.

www.dangersofcesareanbirth.com

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  • Birth India
  • BirthNetwork National
  • Campaign For Normal Birth, UK
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  • Choices In Childbirth
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  • DONA International
  • InformedMedicalDecisions.org
  • inne-CESAREA.org/Unnecessary Cesareans (English by Google)
  • inne-CESAREA.org/Unnecessary Cesareans (Spanish)
  • International Childbirth Education Association
  • International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization
  • Lamaze International
  • MIDIRS Informedchoice, UK
  • Mothers Naturally
  • myMidwife
  • One World Birth
  • Our Bodies Ourselves
  • Reducing Infant Mortality
  • Respectful Maternity Care, video
  • Solace For Mothers
  • The Big Push For Midwives
  • The Birth Survey
  • The Power To Push, British Columbia
  • U.S. Cochrane Center, Evidence-Based Healthcare
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