Pediatric emergency health care providers' knowledge, attitudes, and experiences regarding emergency contraception

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-612

  Miller, Melissa K ^a   Plantz, Diane M ^a   Denise Dowd, M ^a   Mollen, Cynthia J ^b   Reed, Jennifer ^c   Vaughn, Lisa ^c   Gold, Melanie A ^d  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 79959315560     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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