Access to safe abortion: Building choices for women living with HIV and AIDS

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Orner, Phyllis J ^a   De Bruyn, Maria ^b   Barbosa, Regina Maria ^c   Boonstra, Heather ^d   Gatsi Mallet, Jennifer ^e   Cooper, Diane D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b IPAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Namibia Women's Health Network   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ABORTION; NAMIBIA; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INDUCED ABORTION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NAMIBIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 81055149836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-54     Document Type: Article

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