Abortion : medical progress and social implications / / editors, Ruth Porter, Maeve O'Connor

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pitman; Newark, N.J. : , : Distributed in North America by Ciba Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division, , 1985
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 285 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 363.4/6
• Soggetto topico: Abortion - Complications; Abortion services - Cross-cultural studies; Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects
• Altri autori: PorterRuth O'ConnorMaeve
• Note generali: "Editors, Ruth Porter (organizer) and Maeve O'Connor"--P. v.; Papers from the Symposium on Abortion : Medical Progress and Social Implications, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 27-29 November 1984.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Abortion: medical progress and social implications -- Contents -- Introduction -- Legal abortion in England and Wales -- Discussion -- Abortion services in Slovenia -- Provision of abortion services in the United States -- General discussion 1 Abortion law and abortion services in Japan and other countries -- Mortality due to abortion at Kenyatta National Hospital, 1974-1983 -- Discussion -- Abortion in Thailand and Sweden: health services and short-term consequences -- Discussion -- Sequelae of induced abortion -- Discussion -- The comparative safety of second-trimester abortion methods -- Discussion -- Some aspects of late abortion for congenital abnormality -- Discussion -- General discussion 2 Ethical aspects of abortion -- Live-born infants of 24 to 28 weeks' gestation: survival and sequelae at two years of age -- Discussion -- Follow-up study of children born to women denied abortion -- Discussion -- Post-abortion and post-partum psychiatric hospitalization -- Discussion -- The effects of abortion on a marriage -- Discussion -- Menstrual induction: surgery versus pro- staglandins -- Discussion -- Contragestion by antiprogestin: a new approach to human fertility control -- Discussion -- Legal abortion: limits and contributions to human life -- Discussion -- Viability and the moral status of the fetus -- Discussion -- Politics and abortion -- Discussion -- Final general discussion Providing effective abortion services -- Effects on society of changes in abortion laws -- Contragestion -- Medical progress and the social implications of abortion: summing-up -- Biographies of contributors -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.
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• Titolo autorizzato: Abortion
• ISBN: 9786613694584; 9780470720967; 0470720964; 9781280784194; 1280784199; 9780470718667; 0470718668
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827884103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 115.