edited by Gary S. Berger, William E. Brenner, Louis G. Keith.
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1981
(362 pages)
I Overview --;1 Second-Trimester Abortion: A Global View --;2 Second-Trimester Induced Abortion in the United States --;3 The Availability of Second-Trimester Abortion Services in the United States --;II The Second Trimester of Pregnancy --;4 Anatomy --;5 Ultrasonic Evaluation --;6 Physiology --;III Methods of Second-Trimester Abortion --;7 Hypertonic Saline Instillation --;8 Prostaglandin Procedures --;9 Hyperosmolar Urea --;10 Dilatation and Evacuation --;11 Laminaria and Other Adjunctive Methods --;IV Evaluation --;12 Morbidity and Mortality --;13 Future Reproduction --;14 The Role of Health Agencies --;15 Recommended Procedures for Evaluation of Abortion Techniques --;V Related Issues --;16 How Much is a Fetus Worth? --;17 Social Issues --;18 Psychological Impact on Patients and Staff --;19 Emotional Issues for Professionals --;20 Counseling Issues --;21 Postabortal Contraception --;VI International Considerations: The Dutch Abortion Experience --;22 Second-Trimester Abortion Services in the Netherlands --;23 Aspirotomy --;24 Complications of Aspirotomy --;VII Future Directions --;25 The Future of Second-Trimester Abortion in the United States --;26 The Future of Second-Trimester Abortion Throughout the World --;27 Preventing the Need for Second-Trimester Abortion --;28 Contragestational Agents.
and 3) the enactment, by New York State, of an abortion law whose only restric- tion was that it be performed by a licensed physician and the subse- quent action, the first by any local health department (New York City), to assure both its implementation and its quality.
Gynecology.
Medicine.
RG734
.
E358
1981
edited by Gary S. Berger, William E. Brenner, Louis G. Keith.