Expectant or surgical management of miscarriage: A qualitative study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-467

  Ogden, Jane ^a   Maker, Cathy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLEEDING; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUPPORT GROUP;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 2442521327     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00121.x     Document Type: Review

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