Contraceptive Care by Family Physicians and General Practitioners in Japan: Attitudes and Practices

Family Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-283

  Kitamura, Kazuya ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^b   Ban, Nobutaro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY RATE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1942487241     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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