Improving care of women at risk of unsafe abortion: Implementing a risk-reduction model at the Uruguayan-Brazilian border

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 118, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Fiol, Verónica ^a,b   Briozzo, Leonel ^b,c   Labandera, Ana ^a   Recchi, Víctor ^d   Piñeyro, Marta ^d  

^a Iniciativas Sanitarias   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c Ministry of Public Health Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^d Iniciativas Sanitarias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Medical profession; Postabortion care; Unsafe abortion; Unwanted pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URUGUAY;

EID: 84864397225     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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