Contraceptive methods and use by women aged 35 and over: A qualitative study of perspectives

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Godfrey, Emily M ^a   Chin, Nancy P ^b   Fielding, Stephen L ^c   Fiscella, Kevin ^b   Dozier, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BIRTH CONTROL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951552882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-5     Document Type: Article

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