Women's experiences of three early miscarriage management options: A qualitative study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 524, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Smith, Lindsay F ^a   Frost, Julia ^b   Levitas, Ruth ^b   Bradley, Harriet ^b   Garcia, Jo ^c  

^a East Somerset Research Consortium   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life experiences; Miscarriage; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33644829878     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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