A comparison of medical and surgical termination of pregnancy: Choice, emotional impact and satisfaction with care

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1288-1295

  Slade, P ^a   Heke, S ^a   Fletcher, J ^a   Stewart, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION SEEKERS; ABORTION, DRUG INDUCED; ABORTION, INDUCED; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMOTIONS--WOMEN; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; NORTHERN EUROPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SATISFACTION--WOMEN; STUDIES; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0032408403     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10007.x     Document Type: Article

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