American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 39.e1-39.e6 , January 2008

Predictors of abortion provision among practicing obstetrician-gynecologists: A national survey

Presented at the 30th annual meeting of the National Abortion Federation, April 2006.

  • Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Uta Landy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Heidi Filippone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Douglas Laube, MD, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
    • ,
  • Philip D. Darney, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Rebecca A. Jackson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

Received 2 January 2007 ,Revised 29 March 2007 ,Accepted 5 June 2007.

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 Cite this article as: Steinauer J, Landy U, Filippone H, et al. Predictors of abortion provision among practicing obstetrician-gynecologists: A national survey. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:39.e1-39.e6.Reprints not available from the authors.Supported in part by an anonymous foundation.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00731-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.002

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 39.e1-39.e6 , January 2008

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