Abortion, revised: Participants in the U. S. clinical trials evaluate mifepristone

This paper centers on the questions: How do non-surgical abortion methods affect private experiences of abortion? How might they influence public conceptions of abortion? Drawing on interviews with clients who participated in the 1994-95 U.S. clinical trials of mifepristone at one trial site (conduc...

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Published inSocial science & medicine (1982) Vol. 46; no. 10; p. 1313
Main Authors Simonds, Wendy, Ellertson, Charlotte, Springer, Kimberly, Winikoff, Beverly
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Pergamon Press Inc 01.05.1998
Subjects
Abortion
Clinical trials
Perceptions
Surgery
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Summary:This paper centers on the questions: How do non-surgical abortion methods affect private experiences of abortion? How might they influence public conceptions of abortion? Drawing on interviews with clients who participated in the 1994-95 U.S. clinical trials of mifepristone at one trial site (conducted during the trials), and focus group interviews conducted with health care workers at all 17 trial sites (after the trials were completed), we examine participants' evaluations of this method of abortion.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347