Mifepristone in Italy: The case of a drug trapped between ethics and clinical practice

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-403

  Banfi, Roberto ^a,b   Pavone, Eleonora ^a   Cerri, Rita ^c   Menichetti, Monica ^c  

^a Pharmacy Department   (Italy)

^b Regional Ethic Committee of Tuscany ^*  (Italy)

^c Azienda USL11 Empoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraception; Ethics; Italy; Mifeprosone; Politics; Religion; Social pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE;

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; INDUCED ABORTION; ITALY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; DRUG APPROVAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIFEPRISTONE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EID: 34547595910     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-007-9090-6     Document Type: Review

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