Access to modern contraception

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-338

  Welsh, Michael J ^a   Stanback, John ^a   Shelton, James ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

access to contraception; barriers to access; evidence based medicine; Medical Eligibility Criteria; sexual and reproductive rights

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONTRACEPTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONTRACEPTION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746283703     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2005.12.001     Document Type: Review

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