Original Research

Emergency contraception care

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References

Source. Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care Clinical Effectiveness Unit. Emergency contraception. Aberdeen, Scotland: Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care Clinical Effectiveness Unit; 2003 Jun. 7 p. [53 references] Available at: www.ffprhc.org.uk/admin/uploads/EC%20revised%20PDF%2019.06.03.pdf.

Contraception and Family Planning: A guide to counseling and management

This 2005 guideline was published by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. In addition to emergency contraception, it provides recommendations on hormonal contraception (oral contraceptive pills, depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate, estrogen-progestin patches, vaginal ring, and levonorgestrel intrauterine), barrier contraception, intrauterine devices, surgical methods for contraception, and pregnancy termination.

Source. New Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Contraception and family planning. A guide to counseling and management. Boston, Mass: Brigham and Women’s Hospital; 2005.15 p. [6 references]. Available at: www.brighamandwomens.org/medical/handbookarticles/ContraceptionGuide.pdf.

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