Far From Home? A Pilot Study Tracking Women's Journeys to a Canadian Abortion Clinic

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 640-647

  Sethna, Christabelle ^a   Doull, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion; Abortion clinics; Canada; Health services; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CANADA; CARIBBEAN (PERSON); CAUCASIAN; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRISH (CITIZEN); ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN (CITIZEN); SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AMERICAN; SOUTH ASIAN; ECONOMICS; INDUCED ABORTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35248863535     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32560-9     Document Type: Article

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