Abortion Care

This multidisciplinary review of abortion is invaluable reading for clinicians and other care providers in the area of women's health.

Sam Rowlands (Edited by)

9781107647381, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 August 2014

275 pages, 29 b/w illus. 17 tables
23.4 x 16.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.5 kg

'Rowlands has compiled an informative text that is highly readable yet fully referenced. I hope this book is read by all health care professionals working in the field of sexual and reproductive care and that it takes pride of place in the gynaecology section of all libraries.' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

This comprehensive review of the emotive and often controversial topic of abortion provides clinicians with a multidisciplinary focus on abortion services, discussing clinical topics in their sociological, legal and ethical context. It is particularly timely as novel methods of service delivery make this vital resource more accessible, allowing abortion to be performed in community settings. Topics include medical and surgical methods of abortion, ultrasound scanning, pain control, complications, and abortion in women with medical conditions, as well as ethics, stigma, and human rights. Written by leading authorities in their subject areas, Abortion Care is essential reading for medical and nursing specialists and forms a useful resource in the delivery of graduate courses in the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology and sexual and reproductive healthcare. It is also of interest to professionals involved in planning, delivering and managing women's health services, including counsellors, service managers and public health specialists.

List of contributors
Preface
Introduction Sam Rowlands
1. An historical perspective James Drife
2. Ethics Sadie Regmi and John Harris
3. Epidemiology Wendy Macdowall and Kaye Wellings
4. Psychosocial factors in women requesting abortion Anneli Kero
5. Support and counselling Joanna Brien and Lisa Hallgarten
6. Ultrasound scanning in early pregnancy Emeka Oloto and Sharon Moses
7. Early medical abortion Caroline de Costa and Michael Carrette
8. Vacuum aspiration Pascale Roblin
9. Medical abortion after nine weeks Joyce Chai and Pak Chung Ho
10. Dilatation and evacuation Patricia A. Lohr and Richard Lyus
11. Pain control Ellen Wiebe and Regina-Maria Renner
12. Follow-up Sharon Cameron
13. Contraception after abortion Oskari Heikinheimo, Satu Suhonen and Pekka Lähteenmäki
14. Complications and safety Rodica Comendant, Stelian Hodorogea and Irina Sagaidac
15. Women with medical problems Kate Paterson and Helgi Johannsson
16. Feticide Emeka Oloto
17. Fetal anomaly Joanna Speedie, Richard Lyus and Stephen C. Robson
18. Longer-term outcomes in women requesting abortion Sam Rowlands
19. Myths and misinformation Toni Belfield
20. Stigma and issues of conscience Kelly R. Culwell and Caitlin Gerdts
21. More than one abortion Sam Rowlands, Kelly Cleland and James Trussell
22. Factors associated with second trimester abortion Roger Ingham
23. Staff perspectives Edna Astbury-Ward
24. Mid-level providers Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson and Helena Kopp Kallner
25. Telemedicine Ellen Wiebe and Daniel Grossman
26. Decriminalising abortion – the Australian experience Kerry Petersen
27. Abortion in international human rights law Joanna N. Erdman
Appendix: list of useful organisations
Index.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT]