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Contraception Today: A Pocketbook for Primary Care Practitioners

6th edition

Publication Date   June 2007
Publisher   Informa Healthcare
Product Type   Book
Pages   160
ISBN Number   978-0-415-41743-3
Product Code   IFH070
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Summary


John Guillebaud, Emeritus Professor of Family Planning and Reproductive Health at University College London; Honorary Consultant in Family Planning for the Oxford Community Primary Care Trust; Co-Chair of the Optimum Population Trust; formerly Medical Director, Margaret Pyke Centre, London Previous editions of this best-selling pocketbook have been recognized as the gold-standard introductory guide to contraceptive practice. The target audience- family practitioners and practice nurses - are often well placed to offer good contraceptive advice because they already know the patient's health and circumstances. The latest edition summarizes all available methods of contraception and the various factors to be considered in using them

Content


  • 1. Combined Oral Contraceptives
  • 2. Progestogen Only Pill
  • 3. Injectables
  • 4. Contraceptive Implants
  • 5. Intrauterine Contraception (The Levonorgestrel Releasing Intrauterine System)
  • 6. Post-Coital Contraception
  • 7. Other Methods (Barrier Methods, Spermicides, Fertility Awareness)