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This issue of Clinics will focus on innovations in contraception as well as medical and public health barriers to reducing unintended pregnancy.Described in this issue are a number of contraceptive innovations developed over the last few years, including the contraceptive patch and ring as well as the hormonal intrauterine system and hormonal implants.The very effective options, including the IUD and hormonal implants, have appealed to women who previously did not use contraception or used less effective methods.Other contraceptive innovations described include novel approaches to contraception:
Treating the need for contraception as an emergency, using "quick start"
methods of initiating contraceptives, expanding the profile of women considered good candidates for IUDs, and using extended dosing regimens for hormonal contraceptives.At the systems level, this issue will examine legislation, regulations and funding of contraception, factors that have a major impact on access and use.The last decade has seen both improvements in contraceptive usage and continued barriers to improved access.We suggest ways to improve contraceptive use and access over the years to come. ... Read more

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Contents:
Contraceptive Technique Before the Dawn of Written History
Contraceptive Technique in Antiquity (Western World)
Contraceptive Technique in Eastern Cultures
Technique in the West during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Democratization of Technique since 1800 in England and the Uniteo States
Democratization and its Future Effects

Both an exhaustive survey of many cultures over a period of three thousand years, and a thoughtful application of sociological discipline to the history of medicine, MEDICAL HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION 1S a fascinating introduction to the era of Humanae Vitae. "Men and women have always longed for both fertility and sterility, each at its appointed time and in its chosen circumstances," the author declares, and his book, first published in 1936, is a masterful collation of historical and anthropological evidence, from pre-literate Trobrianders to semi-literate London. The bibliography of 1500 items, covering publications up to the mid-1930's, is a unique contribution to scholarship.

Norman E. Himes was Professor of Sociology at Colgate University and served as a consultant to the National Council on Maternal Health.

"A monument of curious and valuable information."-New Statesman and Nation

"The wealth of detail ... makes his work of great interest to medicalmen and anthropologists, as well as to sociologists and social historians."-The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

"It is a classic-complete, accurate, scholarly, and well-written."-Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher

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The sheath first used during a sexual act can be seen on a cave fresco in the Dordogne, dated 10-15000 BC. Emma Dickens traces the use of all kinds of contraceptive devices, from earliest times to the highly sophisticated methods available today. ... Read more

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Presents a thought-provoking look at a groundbreaking Supreme Court case, Griswold v. Connecticut, involving the directors of a women's health clinic, arrested for violating state contraception laws, and the court's resulting affirmation of a constitutional right to privacy. ... Read more

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Capo's book is thoughtful, very well researched, clearly written.An intelligent analysis of the literature with an innovative approach. ... Read more