A qualitative exploration of contraceptive practice and decision making of malaysian women who had induced abortion: A case study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 536-545

  Tong, Wen Ting ^a   Low, Wah Yun ^a   Wong, Yut Lin ^a   Choong, Sim Poey ^b   Jegasothy, Ravindran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Klinik Rakyat Family Planning Services SdnBhd   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

abortion; contraception; decision making; qualitative study; unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALAYSIA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE STUDY; UNINTENDED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906703200     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513514434     Document Type: Article

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