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Promotion of Family-Centered Birth With Gentle Cesarean Delivery

Susanna R. Magee, Cynthia Battle, John Morton and Melissa Nothnagle
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 690-693; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140014
Susanna R. Magee
From the Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (SRM, MN); Butler Hospital, Providence, RI (CB); Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (CB); and Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI (SRM, CB, JM, MN).
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Cynthia Battle
From the Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (SRM, MN); Butler Hospital, Providence, RI (CB); Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (CB); and Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI (SRM, CB, JM, MN).
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John Morton
From the Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (SRM, MN); Butler Hospital, Providence, RI (CB); Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (CB); and Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI (SRM, CB, JM, MN).
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Melissa Nothnagle
From the Department of Family Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (SRM, MN); Butler Hospital, Providence, RI (CB); Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence (CB); and Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI (SRM, CB, JM, MN).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2014, 27 (5) 690-693; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140014

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Susanna R. Magee, Cynthia Battle, John Morton, Melissa Nothnagle
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2014, 27 (5) 690-693; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140014
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