The role of Advanced Nurse Practitioners in the availability of abortion services

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 569-578

  Kishen, Meera ^a   Stedman, Yvonne ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion care; Advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs); Advanced practice clinicians (APCs); Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA); Medical abortion; Mid level providers (MLPs); Physician assistants (PAs); Post abortion care

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CONTRACEPTION; EUROPE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE MIDWIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951676377     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2010.02.014     Document Type: Review

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