Effect of nurses' attitudes on hospital-based abortion procedures in Massachusetts

Contraception

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-62

  Kade, Kristy ^a   Kumar, Divya ^a   Polis, Chelsea ^b   Schaffer, Kate ^b  

^a Abortion Access Project   (United States)

^b IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion ethics; Attitudes; Delay; Massachusetts; Nurses; Unwanted pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346655114     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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