Management of unintended and abnormal pregnancy : comprehensive abortion care / edited by Maureen Paul ... [et al.] ; illustrator, Lisa Pen alver.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paul, Maureen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion.

Labor, Induced (Obstetrics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Access to high quality abortion care is essential to women's health, as evidenced by the dramatic decrease in pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality since the legalization of abortion in the United States, and by high rates of maternal death and complications in those countries where abortion is still provided under unsafe conditions. The past two decades have brought important advances in abortion care as well as increasing cross-disciplinary use of abortion technologies in women's health care. Abortion is an important option for pregnant women who have serious medical conditions or feta

Contents:

Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy Comprehensive Abortion Care; List of Contributors; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Section I Abortion in perspective; Section II Pre-procedure care; Section III Abortion methods and techniques; Section IV Post-procedure care; Section V Management of abnormal pregnancies; Section VI Abortion service delivery; Appendix: Resources for abortion providers; Index; Color plate section follows p. 110

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4443-5847-2

1-282-13972-X

9786612139727

1-4443-1303-7

1-4443-1293-6

OCLC:

413167343