Medicaid Funding for Abortion: Providers' Experiences with Cases Involving Rape, Incest and Life Endangerment

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-86

  Kacanek, Deborah ^a,b   Dennis, Amanda ^a   Miller, Kate ^a   Blanchard, Kelly ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Reproductive Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCEST; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; RAPE; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INCEST; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; RAPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954442214     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4207910     Document Type: Article

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