Women's perspectives on medical abortion in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru: A qualitative study

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 75-83

  Lafaurie, María Mercedes ^a   Grossman, Daniel ^b   Troncoso, Erika ^b   Billings, Deborah L ^c   Chávez, Susana ^c  

^a Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean ^*

^b IPAS   (United States)

^c Centro de Promocion y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos PROMSEX   (Peru)

Author keywords

Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Medical abortion; Mexico; Peru; Women's perspectives

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; COLOMBIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COST; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MENSTRUATION; MEXICO; PAIN; PERU; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAFETY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 27744488038     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(05)26199-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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