Fourth Edition
by Leon Speroff
A Clinical Guide for Contraception provides concise and current guidance on the full range of contraceptive methods, their effectiveness, and limitations.
Features:
- Clinically relevant material covers all major contraceptive methods in detail, including the history of the contraceptive, method of action, pharmacology (when appropriate), contraindication, and proper use.
- Age-specific coverage addresses concerns to women at both the start and end of reproductive age, as well as postpartum contraception, and the effect of contraception on breastfeeding mothers.
- Helpful charts and tables provide key facts at a glance, ideal for quick review.
- Reader-friendly style makes essential material easy to find and use.
- Fully updated content provides the most accurate and current facts from both practice and research.
Contents
- Contraception in the U.S.A.
- Oral Contraception
- Special Uses of Oral Contraception
- Vaginal and Transdermal Estrogen-Progestin Contraception
- Implant Contraception
- Injectalbe Contraception
- Intrauterine Contraception: The IUD
- Barrier Methods of Contraception
- Periodic Abstinence
- The Postpartum Period, Breastfeeding and Contraception
- Clinical Guidelines for Contraception at Different Ages: Early and Late
- Sterilization
- Induced Abortion
- Interpreting Epidemiologic Reports
Index
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