How does a Belgian health care provider deal with a request for emergency contraception?

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Peremans, Lieve ^a   Verhoeven, Veronique ^a   Philips, Hilde ^a   Denekens, Joke ^a   Van Royen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Focus group; General practice; Pharmacy; School physician

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COUNSELING; DRUG MARKETING; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKILL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 36348974144     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180701502377     Document Type: Article

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