Physician assistants as providers of surgically induced abortion services

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1352-1357

  Goldman, Marlene B ^a,d   Occhiuto, Jane S ^b   Peterson, Laura E ^b   Zapka, Jane G ^c   Palmer, R Heather ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UTERUS PERFORATION;

EID: 3442897902     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1352     Document Type: Article

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