Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 107-114 , March 2007

Obstetricians, Health Attorneys, and Court-Ordered Cesarean Sections

  • Terri-Ann Samuels, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Howard Minkoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Howard Minkoff, MD, Maimonides Medical Center, 967 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219.
    • ,
  • Joseph Feldman, DrPh

      Affiliations

    • SUNY Downstate and the Department of Preventive Medicine at SUNY Downstate Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Awoniyi Awonuga, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Tracey E. Wilson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • SUNY Downstate and the Department of Preventive Medicine at SUNY Downstate Brooklyn, New York

Received 1 June 2006 ,Revised 12 October 2006 ,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.12.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 107-114 , March 2007

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