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Sandro Girotto e Franco Bressan
Edizioni Libreria Cortina Verona |
Foreword:
It is time for a serious review of NFP methods effectiveness.
There are some reasons for this:
1) the most important studies on this subject were carried out
in the most recent years; 2) the interest in these methods has
grown among and couples in general, even among those who report
a certain "contraceptive tiredness"; 3) furthenmore, these
methods can represent a simple and effective diagnostic
instrument, also for the couples who are traying to achieve a
pregnancy and this is particularly significant today because of
the high percentage of so called "infertile couples".
The aim of this review is to provide health operators and NFP
operators with a specific updating document in order to reflect
on the demographycal and statistical aspects of NFP methods,
comparing them, at least in part, with contraception.
Prof. Bernardo Colombo, a demograph at Padua University, and
Prof. Robert T. Kambic, an epidemiologist at the John Hopkins
University in Baltimora, USA (the same University of Raymond
Pearl) having both a long research experiece in this field, are
the experts we invited to make this review. |
