Contents:

1 INTRODUCTION

NATURAL BIRTH CONTROL

3 MALE METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION

4 VAGINAL METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION

5 THE COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE SELECTION AND ELIGIBILITY

6 THE COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE FOLLOWUP ARRANGEMENTS AND NEW ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION

7 THE PROGESTOGENONLY PILL

8 INJECTABLES AND IMPLANTS

11 CONTRACEPTION FOR THE YOUNG THE NOT QUITE SO YOUNG AND IN FUTURE

FURTHER READING

WEBSITES

A USE OF LICENSED PRODUCTSIN AN UNLICENSED WAY

B QUICK STARTING AND BRIDGING

COMMON REVERSIBLE METHODS

9 INTRAUTERINE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS

10 EMERGENCY POSTCOITAL CONTRACEPTION

‘Provides a wealth of information ... graphically illustrates the need for practitioners to be thoroughly knowledgeable.’ Toni Belfield, Director of Information, Family Planning Association.

The world’s population is increasing dramatically. At levels over 7 billion, rising annually by over 83 million (with births outstripping deaths by a factor of c. 2.4) the toll this imbalance takes on the environment, developing economies and resources (healthcare, education, rates of poverty) and the lives of women in the poorer parts of the world is increasingly unsustainable. Even in the developed world there is still an unacceptably high rate of unplanned pregnancies, demonstrating that appropriate education at both local and global levels about the full range of available contraception is essential. Using a highly accessible question-and-answer format, John Guillebaud and Anne MacGregor seek to ensure everything needed for good family planning practice is here in this book. Now in its seventh edition and online via ExpertConsult, Contraception: Your Questions Answered remains the market-leading, one-stop resource for family planning professionals worldwide.

Question and answer format
Important information boxes
Unwanted side effects boxes
Frequent patient questions at the end of relevant chapters
Management advice
Follow-up advice
Intermittent quizzes for CPD portfolio purposes
Now on ExpertConsult Common terms and phrases: acceptable active advice advised amenorrhoea apply associated avoid benefits bleeding blood breast cancer cause cervical changes choice clinical combined conception condition condom consider continue contraception contraindications copper cycle device diaphragm discussed disease DMPA dose drugs effect efficacy emergency contraception especially estrogen evidence factors failure fertility given hormonal implant important increase indicated injection insertion intercourse intrauterine later least less levels LNG-IUS means menstrual method missed months normal occur option ovulation pain period pill pill-taking planning possible practice preferred pregnancy present problem progestogen recommended reduced relative removal reported result risk sexual shown side-effects spermicide start starting stop suggest symptoms Table tablets taken treatment users usually vaginal weeks woman women