Early Pregnancy in Adolescents: Diagnosis, Assessment, Options Counseling, and Referral

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-13

  Aruda, Mary M ^a   Waddicor, Kathleen ^a   Frese, Liesl ^a   Cole, Joanna C M ^a   Burke, Pamela ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; options counseling; reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LEGAL ABORTION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049087496     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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