Contraception and Family Planning (European Practice in Gynaecology and Obstetrics,)

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. EUROPEAN PRACTICE IN GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS is a series of books conceived and endorsed by the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG). Its aim is to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information that represents the consensus of opinion among leading European experts in the field, as part of the overall aim of standardising training and practice in order to ensure quality care and facilitate exchange among physicians in all parts of Europe and the rest of the world. The topics chosen for each volume are those of significant clinical interest where treatment is changing in response to research findings and developments in practice. The books concentrate on various types of management used in European practice as well as published results. The authors present treatments for which a consensus exists and - when there is no consensus - they discuss the key elements of the controversy. Each book provides a review of the basic science, recent concepts in pathophysiology, clinical aspects, treatment and unresolved problems or controversies, as well as the major recent references. A final section provides multiple-choice questions for each chapter.

Preface J Lansac Introduction Ian Milsom 1. Psychosexual aspects of family planning R. Van Lunsen 2. Oral Contraception John Guillebaud 3. Intrauterine devices Viveca Odlind 4. Medicated ILUD's Carl-Gustaf Nilsson 5. Barrier methods Mary Short 6. Progestogen only methods Frederique Kuttenn 7. Emergency contraception Ann Webb 8. Contraception for teenagers C. Coll Capdevila 9. Contraception for the premenopausal woman V. Unzeitig 10. Sterelisation Lazlo Kovacs 11. Legal abortion Marc Bygdeman