Anxieties and Attitudes Towards Abortion in Women Presenting for Medical and Surgical Abortions

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 881-885

  Wiebe, E R ^a   Trouton, K J ^a   Fielding, S L ^b   Grant, H ^a   Henderson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Anxiety; Attitude; Induced

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ABORTION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ABORTION; URBAN AREA; VACUUM ASPIRATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABORTIVE AGENT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 16644401575     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30138-4     Document Type: Article

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