Health personnel perceptions about emergency contraception in primary health-care centers

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Mandiracioglu, A ^a,d   Mevsim, V ^b   Turgul, O ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Knowledge; Midwife; Nurse; Physician; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0242407576     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ejc.8.3.145.149     Document Type: Review

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