Missed pill rules: response from the CEU.
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The Clinical Effectiveness Unit acknowledges the points raised by Drs Donegan1 and Mansour2 in their letter and commentary article, respectively, published in this Journal. In our initial draft of the missed pill statement, the text was more detailed and included a section on practical application of missed pill guidance in each week of the pill pack. In producing a statement there is a balance between providing adequate information and losing impact if the text is too wordy. Therefore, on review of the draft statement by the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) it was decided that for the purposes of the
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of family planning and reproductive health care
دوره 38 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012