Study on request for termination of pregnancy in a general practice

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Somasiri, W.P
dc.date.accessioned 2011-12-13T08:30:16Z
dc.date.available 2011-12-13T08:30:16Z
dc.date.issued 1999
dc.identifier.citation MD (Family Medicine) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/1399
dc.description.abstract The objective of the study were to understand the determinates of women's choice of seeking abortions to find the clues for minimizing them and thereby reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.Awareness, ever-use and current use of contraceptive bu the abortion group showed no difference from the national figures.What was obvious was the higher use of traditional methodes in the abortion group.Two third of the abortion seekers had used contraceptive before the current pregnancy and could be considered as contraceptive failures.Reason given by women who sought abortion fell into the following broad catergories,economic (68.7 per cent),Socio-cultural (16.7 per cent), medical (4.3 per cent), obstetric (2.3 per cent),socio economic (1.0 per cent) and miscellaneous (7.0 per cent).
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.title Study on request for termination of pregnancy in a general practice en_US
dc.type Research abstract en_US


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search DSpace


Advanced Search

Browse

My Account