Attitudes and Intentions of Future Health Care Providers Toward Abortion Provision

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 58-63

  Shotorbani, Solmaz ^a   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a   Bell, Janice F ^a   Ward, Deborah ^a   Assefi, Nassim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Management Sciences for Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AGE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; INDUCED ABORTION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 2342481143     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3605804     Document Type: Review

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