Main description:

Intended primarily for use by the family planning personnel and under, as well as post graduate medical students, this text covers all the practical aspects of fertility regulation and also refers to special problems.

Contents:

Introduction: a review of contraception. Part 1 Demography: different population groups in South Africa. Part 2 Physiology: basic knowledge of reproductive physiology. Part 3 Hormonal contraception: oral contraception; injections; implants. Part 4 Non-hormonal contraception: natural methods; barrier methods. Part 5 Intra-uterine contraception: sterilization - female and male abortion; post-coital contraception (emergency contraception); the adolescent; contraception for special conditions; AIDS; infertility; update; latest reports on contraception.