Impact of patient counseling on acceptance of the levonorgestrel implant contraceptive in the United Kingdom

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-159

  Davie, Jane E ^a   Walling, Martyn R ^b   Mansour, Diana Jane Ashton ^c   Bromham, David ^d   Kishen, Meera ^e   Fowler, Peter ^f  

^a Family Planning and Well Woman Services   (United Kingdom)

^b Parkside Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c Margaret Pyke Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Abacus Clinics for Contraception and Reproductive Health Care   (United Kingdom)

^f Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; COST; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029797959     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(96)80187-1     Document Type: Article

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