Ciba Foundation Symposium 115 - Abortion: Medical Progress and Social Implications

Copyright © 1985 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium 115 - Abortion: Medical Progress and Social Implications

Editor(s): Ruth Porter, Maeve O'Connor

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780272798157

Online ISBN: 9780470720967

DOI: 10.1002/9780470720967

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–viii)

    2. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–3)

      David Baird

    3. Chapter 2

      Legal Abortion in England and Wales (pages 4–20)

      David B. Paintin

    4. Chapter 3

      Abortion Services in Slovenia (pages 21–25)

      Lidija Andolsek

    5. Chapter 4

      Provision of Abortion Services in the United States (pages 26–31)

      David A. Grimes

    6. Chapter 5

      Mortality Due to Abortion at Kenyatta National Hospital, 1974–1983 (pages 41–53)

      Samson Wanjala, N. M. Murugu and J. G. K. Matl

    7. Chapter 6

      Abortion in Thailand and Sweden: Health Services and Short-Term Consequences (pages 54–66)

      Tongplaew N. Singnomklao

    8. Chapter 7

      Sequelae of Induced Abortion (pages 67–82)

      Peter Frank

    9. Chapter 8

      The Comparative Safety of Secondtrimester Abortion Methods (pages 83–101)

      David A. Grimes and Kenneth F. Schulz

    10. Chapter 9

      Some Aspects of Late Abortion for Congenital Abnormality (pages 102–114)

      S. L. Barron

    11. Chapter 10

      Live-Born Infants of 24 to 28 Weeks' Gestation: Survival and Sequelae at Two Years of Age (pages 122–135)

      William H. Kitchen, Anne L. Rickards, Geoffrey W. Ford, Margaret M. Ryan and Tjean V. Lissenden

    12. Chapter 11

      Follow-Up Study of Children Born to Women Denied Abortion (pages 136–149)

      Z. Matějček, Z. Dytrych and V. Schüller

    13. Chapter 12

      Post-Abortion and Post-Partum Psychiatric Hospitalization (pages 150–164)

      Henry P. David

    14. Chapter 13

      The Effects of Abortion on a Marriage (pages 165–177)

      Janet Mattinson

    15. Chapter 14

      Menstrual Induction: Surgery Versus Prostaglandins (pages 178–191)

      David T. Baird and Iain T. Cameron

    16. Chapter 15

      Contragestion by Antiprogestin: A New Approach to Human Fertility Control (pages 192–210)

      Etienne-Emile Baulieu

    17. Chapter 16

      Legal abortion: Limits and Contributions to Human Life (pages 211–227)

      Rebecca J. Cook

    18. Chapter 17

      Viability and the Moral Status of the Fetus (pages 228–243)

      Alastair V. Campbell

    19. Chapter 18

      Politics and Abortion (pages 244–262)

      Jeannie I. Rosoff

    20. Chapter 19

      Medical Progress and the Social Implications of Abortion: Summing-Up (pages 263–268)

      Malcolm Potts

    21. Chapter 20

      Biographies of Participants (pages 269–273)

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      Index of Contributors (page 275)

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      Subject Index (pages 277–285)

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