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MEDICAL TRAINING IN ABORTION

Abortion Training in Medical Schools

Dans PE. "Medical Students and Abortion: Reconciling Personal Beliefs and Professional Roles at One Medical School." Academic-Medicine 67, no. 3 (1992): 207-211.

Abortion Training in Residency Programs

Darney PD, Landy U, MacPherson S, et al. "Abortion Training in U.S. Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs." Family Planning Perspectives 19 (July/Aug 1987): 158-162.

Grimes DA. "Clinicians Who Provide Abortions: The Thinning Ranks." Obstetrics and Gynecology 80 (Oct 1992): 719-723.

Lerner D, Taylor F. "Family Physicians and First-Trimester Abortion: A Survey of Residency Programs in Southern California." Family Medicine 26 (Mar 1994): 157-162.

Mackay HT, MacKay AP. "Abortion Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs in the United States, 1991-1992." Family Planning Perspectives 27 (May/Jun 1995): 112-115.

Steinauer J, et al. "Training Family Practice Residents in Abortion and Other Reproductive Health Care: A Nationwide Survey." Family Planning Perspectives 29 (Sept/Oct 1997): 222-227.

Taller PP, Bergus GR. "Abortion Training in Family Practice Residency Programs." Family Medicine 28 (Apr 1996): 245-248.

Westfall JM, Kallail KJ, Walling AD. "Abortion Attitudes and Practices of Family and General Practice Physicians." The Journal of Family Practice 33, no. 1 (1991): 47-51.

Westhoff C. "Abortion Training in Residency Programs." Journal of the American Medical Women's Association 49 (Sep/Oct 1994): 150-152.

Westhoff C, Marks F, Rosenfield A. "Residency Training in Contraception, Sterilization and Abortion." Obstetrics and Gynecology 81 (Feb 1993): 311-314.

Abortion Training Resources

Abortion Training and Advocacy Initiative. Abortion Training: A Guide to Establishing an Effective Program at Your Facility. Cambridge MA: Abortion Access Project of Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Worcester, MA), 1998.

Abortion Training and Advocacy Initiative. Reproductive Choice and Abortion: Curriculum Resource Guide for Nurse Educators. Cambridge MA: 1997.

American Medical Women's Association. Reproductive Health Model Curriculum. Alexandria VA: 1997.

Cate N. Training Program for Abortion and Related Services. Burlington VT: Vermont Women's Health Center, 1991.

The Feminist Majority. Women's Health Care Clinic Security Guide. Washington DC: 1995.

National Abortion Federation. Obtaining Abortion Training: A Guide for Informed Decision Making. Washington DC: 1998.

Planned Parenthood of New York City. Surgical Abortion Education Curriculum. New York: 1996.

Policar MS, Pollack AE. Clinical Training Curriculum in Abortion Practice. Washington DC: National Abortion Federation, 1995.

The ProChoice Resource Center. Strategies for Action: A Grassroots Organizing Manual. New York: 1997.

Yordy L, Johnson S, Winkler J. Manual Vacuum Aspiration Trainers Handbook. Carrboro NC: International Projects Assistance Services, 1993.

Last updated July 19, 2000.