None of them were satisfactory: Women's experiences with contraception

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 379-398

  Mills, Annie ^a,b   Barclay, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746849059     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600629468     Document Type: Article

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