A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to emergency contraception among health workers in Manisa, Turkey

Midwifery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-77

  Sevil, Umran ^a   Yanikkerem, Emre ^b   Hatipoglu, Sehnaz ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c No 7 Mother and Child Health Centre   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; General practitioners; Health care provider; Nurse midwife

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NURSE MIDWIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 32944462676     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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