Modern methods of inducing abortion
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Modern methods of inducing abortion
Blackwell Science, 1995
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Until 1992, most abortions were performed surgically. However, with the licencing of Mifegyne last year, women can now choose between surgery and medical induction. Mifegyne is a progesterone antagonist which if taken orally up to 9 weeks after conception, can induce abortion without surgery. This practice is done on an outpatient basis, and has caused gynaecologists and physicians involved in reproductive medicine to reconsider their attitudes towards abortion and the long-term medical implications. This book is based on a series of papers for the WHO Scientific Group meeting in Geneva in April 1994, on the induction of abortion.
Table of Contents
- Demography
- pregnancy maintenance - mechanisms of abortion
- termination of pregnancy up to 8 or 9 weeks
- termination of pregnancy between 9 and 14 weeks
- termination of pregnancy after 14 weeks
- sequelae of abortion
- counselling for abortion
- introducing medical abortion technologies into service-delivery systems
- acceptability of first-trimester medical abortion
- abortion controversies - ethics, politics and religion
- a woman's legal right to choose.
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