… If questionnaires were not returned within 2 weeks, participants received reminder e-mails
or phone calls on two occasions 2 weeks apart from the study coordinator to encourage them …

Objective to examine attitudes towards birth that may be common among young adults who
have been socialised into a medicalised birth culture. Specifically, we were interested in …

At approximately 37 weeks' gestation, 131 women were randomly assigned to one of three
postpartum hospital discharge times: 12 to 24 hours, 25 to 48 hours, and 4 days. Depending …

Although a great deal has been written in the fields of women's health and disability/chronic
illness, there is surprisingly little cross‐fertilization. The dominant narrative within society …

Platelet activation results in changes in a number of cell surface molecules including an
increase in P‐Selectin (CD62P) that may be rapidly and conveniently measured by …

Background: At 30 percent, British Columbia has the highest cesarean section rate in
Canada. Little is known about the childbirth views and birthing preferences of college‐aged …

Background: The primary goals of this interdisciplinary consensus statement are to review
the relevant anatomy of the central neck compartment, to identify the nodal subgroups within …

BACKGROUND Excessive mucosal generation of cytokines and eicosanoids has been reported
in vitro in ulcerative colitis (UC) using traumatising biopsy techniques, and in vivo using …

As increasing numbers of women with physical disabilities and chronic ill-nesses choose to
have children, physicians and other health care professionals will be faced with providing …

Background: The number of physicians providing maternity care in Canada is decreasing,
and the rate of cesarean delivery is increasing. We evaluated the effect on perinatal outcomes …