Level of Maternal Awareness Amongst Mothers who had Undergone Elective C/S.
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2013-03
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Caesarian section (C/S) is a very common obstetric
procedure. It had many advantages and disadvantages. In
this age of consumer awareness, patient has to give an
informed consent before the procedure – means merits and
demerits of the procedure shall be known to the patient. She
also has the right to choose between different procedures,
type of incision and anesthesia, where possible. We have
studied that status amongst 100 such patients, only 7% of
them being illiterate, who had undergone elective C/S in SNP
Hospital, a two tier hospital of Kolkata. The result was
shocking. 65% of the mothers did not have any idea regarding
the procedure they are undergoing. 1/3rd of the patients even
did not know why they are having C/S. None of them was
given any choice regarding anesthesia and only 9% regarding
incision. A detail of the study is presented.
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caesarian section, informed consent, choice of procedure
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Samanta Subrata, Das Piyali, Ray Dalia (Dasgupta), Baral Karabi, Sur Prodyut Kr, Bandyopadhyay Manimay. Level of Maternal Awareness Amongst Mothers who had Undergone Elective C/S. Indian Medical Gazette. 2013 Mar ; 147 (3): 91-94.