Management of unintended and abnormal pregnancy : comprehensive abortion care

Management of unintended and abnormal pregnancy : comprehensive abortion care / edited by Maureen Paul [and others] ; illustrator, Lisa Penalver.

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 abortio...

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Other Authors: Paul, Maureen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Subjects:
Abortion.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Abortion
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I. Abortion in perspective
  • 1. Abortion and medicine: A sociopolitical history
  • 2. Unsafe abortion: The global public health challenge
  • 3. Unintended pregnancy and abortion in the USA: Epidemiology and public health impact
  • 4. Abortion law and policy in the USA
  • Section II. Pre-procedure care
  • 5. Informed consent, patient education, and counseling
  • 6. Clinical assessment and ultrasound in early pregnancy
  • 7. Medical evaluation and management
  • 8. Pain management
  • Section III. Abortion methods and techniques
  • 9. Medical abortion in early pregnancy
  • 10. First-trimester aspiration abortion
  • 11. Dilation and evacuation
  • 12. Medical methods to induce abortion in the second trimester
  • 13. The challenging abortion
  • Section IV. Post-procedure care
  • 14. Contraception and surgical abortion aftercare
  • 15. Surgical complications: Prevention and management
  • 16. Answering questions about long-term outcomes
  • Section V. Management of abnormal pregnancies
  • 17. Pregnancy loss
  • 18. Ectopic pregnancy
  • 19. Gestational trophoblastic disease
  • 20. Abortion for fetal abnormalities or maternal conditions
  • 21. Multifetal pregnancy reduction and selective termination
  • Section VI Abortion service delivery
  • 22. Providing abortion in low-resource settings
  • 23. Ensuring quality care in abortion services.

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