Barriers to diaphragm use: The views of advanced practice nurses

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Kulczycki, Andrzej ^a   Qu, Haiyan ^a   Bosarge, Penelope M ^b   Shewchuk, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier contraception; Diaphragm; Nurses; Practice patterns; Provider barriers

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CAP; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951761752     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118910791069475     Document Type: Article

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