Social context and the experience of a sample of U.S. women taking RU-486 (mifepristone) for early abortion

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 612-627

  Fielding, Stephen L ^a   Schaff, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Grounded theory; Mifepristone; RU 486; Structuration

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; INDUCED ABORTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIFEPRISTONE; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 2942551115     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304263677     Document Type: Article

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