Search for dissertations about: "Home abortion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Home abortion.

  2. 1. Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Prevention : Women and Men's Experiences and Needs

    Author : Marlene Makenzius; Margareta Larsson; Tanja Tydén; Elisabeth Darj; Jan Brynhildsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Induced abortion; Risk factors; Unwanted pregnancy; Repeat abortion; Patient satisfaction; Prevention; Existential expression; Home abortion; Care; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Women and men’s experiences and needs in relation to induced abortion, and their views on the prevention of unintended pregnancies were explored through questionnaire studies at 10 and13 Swedish women’s clinics (Papers I–IV). Among 798 women in age range 14 – 49, 35% had experience of at least one previous abortion, and in the age range 20 – 49, 41%. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Swedish Abortion Pill : Co-Producing Medical Abortion and Values, ca. 1965–1992

    Author : Morag Ramsey; Solveig Jülich; Francis Lee; Jean-Paul Gaudillière; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medical abortion; abortion pill; history of medicine; reproduction; reproductive technologies; feminist STS; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Abstract : Abortion pills have had a large impact. Since their introduction to national markets in the 1990s, scholars have examined how abortion pills have changed medical practices, illegal abortion, and reproductive activism. What has gone unstudied, however, has been the development and the history of abortion pills. READ MORE

  5. 3. Increasing access to medical abortion

    Author : Helena Kopp Kallner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction. Unsafe abortion kills approximately 47000 women per year. However, women in high resource settings may also have difficulties in accessing safe abortion facilities due to high cost, a large number of visits required or difficulty in finding an abortion provider. READ MORE

  6. 4. Simplifying Reproductive Health in Low-Resource Settings : Access to medical abortion and contraceptive choice, the importance of gendered structures in Rajasthan

    Author : Mandira Paul; Marie Klingberg-Allvin; Birgitta Essén; Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson; Johanne Sundby; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medical abortion; Contraception; Access; Simplified; Gender; Sexual and reproductive health and rights; India; International Health; Internationell hälsa;

    Abstract : India introduced family planning in the ‘50s, legalized abortion in the ‘70s, and accomplished a remarkable drop in maternal mortality and fertility since 1990. Nevertheless, abortions account for a large proportion of maternal deaths, and sterilization is the most frequently used contraception. READ MORE

  7. 5. Unsafe abortion in Tanzania : an empathetic approach to improve post-abortion quality of care

    Author : Vibeke Rasch; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Abortion; contraceptive acceptance; induced; longitudinal; magnitude; unsafe; Tanzania.;

    Abstract : Background: Unsafe abortion constitutes a major public health problem throughout the world, leading to high levels of maternal morbidity and mortality. To address the problem of unsafe abortion, there is need of reliable data that document the magnitude of the problem and describe the population at risk. READ MORE