The Handbook of Contraception: Evidence Based Practice Recommendations and Rationales Fourth Edition

Now in its fully revised and expanded fourth edition, this text includes the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of female contraception, offering an extensive overview of contraception types, including oral, injectable, emergency, and various cervical barrier contraceptives. It also discusses behavioral and sterilization methods of contraception as well as the clinical effectiveness, advantages, disadvantages, side effects, and mechanisms of action of each method.
The first part of the book presents a comprehensive review and an extensive overview of contraceptive types including oral, injectable, IUD, implant, ring, emergency, and various cervical barrier contraceptives. It also covers behavioral methods and female and male sterilization. For each contraceptive method, its clinical effectiveness, advantages, disadvantages, side effects, and mechanisms of action will be discussed at length.