Increase in cesarean sections in Brazil - a call to reflection

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
• ² Department of Maternal Child, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
• ³ Vassouras University, Vassouras, RJ, Brazil.
• ⁴ Department of Obstetrics, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
• ⁵ University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
• ⁶ Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
• ⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
• ⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
• ⁹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
• ¹⁰ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
• ¹¹ Departamento de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
• ¹² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.