Consultant choice across decision contexts: Are abortion decisions different?

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-260

  Finken, Laura Lei ^a   Jacobs, Janis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINIC ACTIVITIES; COUNSELING; COUNSELORS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN RELATION; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CLINIC ACTIVITIES; COUNSELING; COUNSELORS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STUDENTS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; HEALTH PLANNING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030121991     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743554896112005     Document Type: Article

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