Doctor contraceptive-prescribing behaviour and women's attitudes towards contraception: Two European surveys

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-502

  Grove, Dominic ^a   Hooper, David J ^b  

^a Hall and Partners Health ^*  (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; contraception; doctor patient relations; health professionals; oestrogen; prescription patterns

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956100445     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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