Emergency contraception: Knowledge and attitudes of family medicine providers

Family Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 417-422

  Wallace, Jennifer L ^a   Wu, Justine ^b   Weinstein, Jamie ^a,c   Gorenflo, Daniel W ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK; SELF REPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 2642558106     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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