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Limited knowledge of life-saving medical abortion
among private Guatemalan obstetrician-gynaecologists.
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| Article Type: | Brief article |
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Abortion services
(Human resource management) Obstetricians (Training) Obstetricians (Demographic aspects) Gynecologists (Training) Gynecologists (Demographic aspects) Clinical competence (Demographic aspects) 29-1064 Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
| Pub Date: | 05/01/2012 |
| Publication: | Name: Reproductive Health Matters Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers Audience: General Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Family and marriage; Health; Women's issues/gender studies Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2012 Reproductive Health Matters ISSN: 0968-8080 |
| Issue: | Date: May, 2012 Source Volume: 20 Source Issue: 39 |
| Topic: | Event Code: 280 Personnel administration Computer Subject: Company personnel management |
| Product: | Product Code: 8082000 Abortion Clinics NAICS Code: 621498 All Other Outpatient Care Centers SIC Code: 8093 Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: Guatemala Geographic Name: Guatemala Geographic Code: 2GUAT Guatemala |
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| Accession Number: | 296571593 |
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Knowledge of medical abortion among 172 private
obstetrician-gynaecologists across Guatemala was found in a survey to be
limited and hindering women's access to legal abortion. 73% of
respondents knew that abortion is legally permitted only when the
woman's life is at risk. Although 92% knew that misoprostol can be
used to induce abortion, only 35% knew the WHO-recommended dosage and
only 25% knew about mifepristone. Those under 40 years of age were seven
times more likely and those aged 40-49 years twice as likely to approve
of medical abortion after fetal death and for severe eclampsia with
fetal death, compared with older doctors. (1) (1.) Kestler E. Obstetrician--gynecologists' knowledge of and attitudes toward medical abortion in Guatemala. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2012;116:120-23. Doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(12)39628-6 |
| Gale Copyright: | Copyright 2012 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. |