Counseling women with early pregnancy failure: Utilizing evidence, preserving preference

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 454-461

  Wallace, Robin R ^a   Goodman, Suzan ^a   Freedman, Lori R ^a   Dalton, Vanessa K ^b   Harris, Lisa H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Early pregnancy failure; Miscarriage; Patient preferences; Preference sensitive decision; Shared decision making; Uterine aspiration

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MISOPROSTOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHECKLIST; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 78649741139     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.10.031     Document Type: Article

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