What women want from abortion counseling in the United States: A qualitative study of abortion patients in 2008

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 424-442

  Moore, Ann M ^a   Frohwirth, Lori ^a   Blades, Nakeisha ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Counseling; Informed consent; Qualitative methods; United States

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMED CONSENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONNECTICUT; COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960706522     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2011.575538     Document Type: Article

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