Third trimester abortion: Is compassion enough?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-296

  Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Campbell, Stuart ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASES; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; NEONATAL DISEASES AND ABNORMALITIES; PHILOSOPHICAL OVERVIEW; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, THIRD TRIMESTER; REPRODUCTION;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INDUCED; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 0032986979     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08264.x     Document Type: Note

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