Reproductive health in Iran: Pragmatic achievements, unmet needs, and ethical challenges in a theocratic system

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 352-361

  Mehryar, Amir H ^a   Ahmad Nia, Shirin ^b   Kazemipour, Shahla ^c  

^a Advanced Institute for Management and Planning Research and Training   (Iran)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 36949026395     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2007.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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