Determinants of demand: method selection and provider preference among US women seeking abortion services

Contraception

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 397-404

  Shochet, Tara ^a   Trussell, James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Medication abortion; Provider preference

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; UNITED STATES; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 43049161154     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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