Does maternity care decision-making conform to shared decision- making standards for repeat cesarean and labor induction after suspected macrosomia?
Eugene R DeclercqErika R ChengCarol SakalaPublished in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2018)
Our findings suggest that, for the decisions in question, established standards of shared decision-making are not being reliably implemented in maternity care despite opportunities to do so. Provider recommendations and the disproportionate conveyance of reasons for an intervention appear to be related to higher levels of intervention.