Availability and acceptability of medical abortion in Nepal: Health care providers' perspectives

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 110-119

  Tamang, Anand ^a   Tamang, Jyotsna ^b  

^a Centre for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA)   (Nepal)

^b CREHPA ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Abortifacient drugs; Chemists; Medical abortion; Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Nepal; Providers' perspectives

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ASHOKARIST; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CREMENASTON; CYTOLOG; ERGO TABLET; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; M2 TONE; MENSOLEX; MENSURE; MIFEGEST; MIFEPRIN; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOGON; MISOPROST; MISOPROSTOL; MTPILL; NASTA PUSHPANTAK RAS; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PINUS LAMBERTINA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PULSATILLA EXTRACT; RAJONEX; RAJPRAWATANIWATI; SUNDARI KALPA; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZITOTEC;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARKET; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDICINE; MENSTRUATION; NEPAL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PINUS LAMBERTINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILLA; REGISTRATION; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; NEPAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 27744503471     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(05)26194-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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