The efficacy, safety and acceptability of medical termination of pregnancy provided by standard care by doctors or by nurse-midwives: A randomised controlled equivalence trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 510-517

  Kopp Kallner, H ^a,b   Gomperts, R ^a,c   Salomonsson, E ^a   Johansson, M ^a   Marions, L ^a   Gemzell Danielsson, K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Women on Waves ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abortion; medical abortion; midlevel provision

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NURSE MIDWIFE; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; INDUCED ABORTION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 84923629717     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12982     Document Type: Article

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