Obstetrician-gynecologists' beliefs on the importance of pelvic examinations in assessing hormonal contraception eligibility

Contraception

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 612-614

  Yu, Jean M ^a   Henderson, Jillian T ^a,b   Harper, Cynthia C ^a   Sawaya, George F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic examinations; National survey; Preventive health care; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIMANUAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; VAGINAL SPECULUM; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911369989     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.06.038     Document Type: Article

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