Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 575-577 , December 2009

Women's experience of viewing the products of conception after an abortion

  • Ellen R. Wiebe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada BC V5Z 1H9
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 604 709 5611; fax: +1 604 873 8304.
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  • Lisa C. Adams

      Affiliations

    • Everywoman's Health Centre, Vancouver, Canada BC V5Z 1H9

Received 5 November 2008 ,Revised 13 May 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

References 

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  4. Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States Jan 2008. http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.pdfAccessed Aug 11, 2008
  5. Therapeutic Abortion Survey 2004, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada – www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/health42a.htm. Accessed May 23, 2008.
  6. Bamigboye AA, Nikodem VC, Santana MA, Hofmeyr GJ. Should women view the ultrasound image before first-trimester termination of pregnancy?. S Afr Med J. 2002;92:430–432

☆ This research was supported by the Vancouver Foundation through a BC Medical Services Foundation grant to the Community Based Clinical Investigator Program at UBC's Department of Family Practice.

☆☆ No reprints available but electronic (PDF) files available.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00350-3

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.07.005

Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 575-577 , December 2009

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