What is it about intrauterine devices that women find unacceptable? Factors that make women non-users: A qualitative study

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Asker, Claire ^a   Stokes Lampard, Helen ^a,b   Beavan, Jackie ^c   Wilson, Sue ^b  

^a All Saints Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33645976807     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118906776276170     Document Type: Article

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