Demographic, Clinical, and Counseling Factors Associated with the Selection of Pregnancy Termination Method in the Second Trimester for Fetal and Pregnancy Anomalies.

Objective: Despite women's preference for induction of labor (IOL) or dilation and evacuation (D&E) for pregnancy termination in the setting of second trimester fetal or pregnancy abnormality, many women are not given a choice between delivery methods. We investigated patient and clinical related factors associated with selecting IOL or D&E.

Methods: This retrospective cohort experienced pregnancy termination at 17-24 weeks of gestation for fetal anomaly, intrauterine fetal demise, or premature previable rupture.

Chief complaints and diagnoses of displaced Israelis seeking medical treatment during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War.

Objective: To examine patterns of visits by residents of northern Israel displaced during the Israel-Lebanon War of 2006 to an urgent care system in central Israel and to compare these patterns with those of local patients.

Design: Retrospective analysis of electronic medical records.

Setting: Urgent care clinic system in and around Jerusalem, Israel.

Toward advocacy in cancer care for older adults: survivors have cautious personal actions but bold advice for others.

Objectives: To examine narratives of personal coping with the cancer experience and compare them with narratives of advice offered to other cancer patients by community-dwelling elderly cancer survivors.

Design: Qualitative and quantitative mixed methods.

Setting: Community.