Protecting confidentiality to safeguard adolescents' health: finding common ground

Contraception

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Spear, Scott J ^a   English, Abigail ^b  

^a Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma   (United States)

^b Center for Adolescent Health and the Law   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447528844     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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