Abortion Care

Providing a multidisciplinary focus, this timely review discusses abortion and women's health in their sociological and ethical context. Essential reading for medical and nursing specialists in the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology and sexual and reproductive healthcare, it is also invaluable to professionals involved in planning and managing abortion services.

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.