- Medical Abortion: A Fact Sheet
(
November 2005
)
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This fact sheet published by
Berer in Reproductive Health Matters
provides a brief but comprehensive overview of the practical administration of
medication abortion, including dosages and regimens, contraindications,
possible side effects, and other information.
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to full text or source
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- Medical Management of Abortion
(
October 2005
)
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This article published in the
Clincial Management Guidelines for
Obstetricians-Gynecologists provides a practical overview of medication
abortion, including regimens, counseling and symptom management and more.
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to full text or source
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- Risks of mifepristone abortion in context
(
June 2005
)
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This brief commentary by
Grimes published in Contraception
responds to 2005 media attention around four deaths following medication
abortion.
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or source
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- Medication Abortion: A Guide for Health Professionals
(
January 2005
)
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This reader by Foster
published by Ibis Reproductive Health
provides detailed information about three different regimens for
medication abortion and is also available in Arabic.
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- Care for Women Choosing Medication Abortion
(
October 2004
)
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This article by Taylor et al
published in The Nurse Practitioner
offers and overview of medication abortion as provided by NPs as well as five
case studies exploring issues related to this care from the provider
perspective.
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to full text or source
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- “You can’t do that ‘round here”: a case study of the introduction of medical abortion care ...
(
January 2004
)
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This article by Leeman and
Espey published in Contraception
describes the step-by-step approach to the successful integration of early
abortion technique in University of New Mexico Medical Center.
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full text or source
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- Integrating Medical Abortion Into a Residency Practice
(
August 2003
)
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This article by Prine et al
published in Innovations in Family
Medicine Education explores a structured approach to introducing medication
abortion in residency program, investigating staff reservations and then
systematically addressing those reservations
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source
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- Normalizing the exceptional: incorporating the “abortion pill” into mainstream medicine
(
January 2003
)
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This article by Joffe and
Weitz, published in Social Science&
Medicine, describes the difficult approval process for Mifepristone and the
external challenges to its diffusion into medical practice that have been
created , touching upon the role of the pharmaceutical company, and the conflict between the FDA-approved and
an evidence-based regime among other issues.
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to full text or source
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- Can women use medical abortion without medical supervision?
(
May 1997
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This article by Ellertson et
al published in Reproductive Health Matters discusses combine mifepristone and
misoprostol and misoprostol alone regimens used without medical supervision.
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source
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