| Description |
1 online resource |
| 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 |
| 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 fetal abnormalities, and fetal reduction techniques are now well-integrated into infertility treatment to reduce the risks of multiple pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductive technologies. Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy is the textbook of the National Abortion Federation, and serves as the standard, evidence-based reference text in abortion care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Abortion.
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Abortion, Induced
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Abortion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Paul, Maureen, editor.
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| LC no. |
2009289615 |
| ISBN |
1444312936 |
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9781444312935 |
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128213972X |
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9781282139725 |
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9781444313031 |
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1444313037 |
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