Physicians' agreement with and willingness to provide abortion services in the case of pregnancy from rape in Mexico

Contraception

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-64

  Silva, Martha ^a   Billings, Deborah L ^b   García, Sandra G ^c   Lara, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b IPAS   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abortion; Access; Mexico; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ABORTION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MEXICO; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RAPE; RELIGION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; RAPE;

EID: 56549085690     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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