Measuring public costs associated with loss of confidentiality for adolescents seeking confidential reproductive health care: How high the costs? How heavy the burden?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1182-1184

  Brindis, Claire D ^a   English, Abigail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDITORIAL; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PREGNANCY; TEXAS;

EID: 9644291449     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.12.1182     Document Type: Editorial

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