Women's contraceptive decision-making: Juggling the needs of the sexual body and the fertile body

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 83-103

  Keogh, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraceptive decision making; Emergency contraception; Fertility; Qualitative research; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY;

EID: 33745727324     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n04_05     Document Type: Article

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