Private Medical Providers' Knowledge and Practices Concerning Medical Abortion in Nigeria

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-50

  Okonofua, Friday E ^a   Hammed, Afolabi ^a   Abass, Tajudeen ^b   Mairiga, Abdulkarim Garba ^c   Mohammed, Abubakar Bako ^d   Adewale, Adeniyi ^e   Garba, Danjuma ^f  

^a Women's Health and Action Research Center   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^d Specialist Hospital Yola Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^e State Hospital   (Nigeria)

^f Gateway Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE;

ABORTION; BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIFEPRISTONE; NIGERIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; SEX EDUCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BAUCHI [NIGERIA]; BORNO; KADUNA [NIGERIA]; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; TARABA;

EID: 79952610237     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2011.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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