Characteristics of abortion service providers in two northern Indian states

Contraception

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 500-506

  Creanga, Andreea A ^a   Roy, Priyadarshini ^b   Tsui, Amy O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Child in Need Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Abortion; India; Medical abortion; Providers

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 56249108689     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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