The scientific and ethical rationale for using incentives to promote contraceptive use among drug-abusing women

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1044-1046

  Heil, Sarah H ^a   Higgins, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Incentives; Medication adherence; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; CONTRACEPTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; REWARD;

CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; REWARD; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84860550673     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03798.x     Document Type: Note

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