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Abortion
Abortion

Abortion

A Worldwide Perspective

Health + Medicine

SOCIAL SCIENCE

184 Pages, 6 x 9

Trade Paper, $30.00 (US $30.00) (CA $32.00)

Publication Date: January 2007

ISBN 9781904750239

Rights: WOR X UK & EUR

Libri Publishing (Jan 2007)
Middlesex University Press

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Overview

Considering evidence culled from 82 countries, this study sheds light on the dangers faced by women in poor countries who seek abortions. Citing the tens of thousands of maternal deaths around the world on an annual basis, this resource provides a detailed analysis of the dangerous of abortion in poor nations through numerous case studies and examples, and presents a case for changes in policy and education.

Author Biography

Colin Francome is Emeritus Professor in the sociology of health at Middlesex University. Marcel Vekemans is senior medical advisor (abortion) at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. He worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist for 28 years and was a professor in human reproduction at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and their attached nurses’ school.

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