Is 'planning' missing from our family planning services?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 579-580

  Crede, Sarah ^a   Harries, Jane ^a   Constant, Deborah ^a   Hoke, Theresa Hatzell ^b   Green, MacKenzie ^b   Moodley, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; PILL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

EID: 77957679238     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4058     Document Type: Letter

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