Emergency Contraception: Are Pediatric Residents Counseling and Prescribing to Teens?

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 129-134

  Lim, Sylvia W ^a   Iheagwara, Kelechi N ^b   Legano, Lori ^c   Coupey, Susan M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Counseling; Emergency contraception; Prescribing patterns; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE;

EID: 44649127420     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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