Several studies have shown that nurses, nurse midwives, and paramedical personnel can provide satisfactory IUD services, but restrictions are still placed upon their provision of these services. A randomized trial of auxiliary nurse midwife and physician IUD services was conducted among 495 interval acceptors in Turkey and 510 postpartum acceptors in the Philippines between 1976 and 1979 to further evaluate this question. Discontinuations due to expulsion, removal, and pregnancy were comparable for physician and nurse midwife clients. Among Filipino women who experienced an early expulsion, nurse midwives reinserted a device in significantly more cases (54.5

作者：N, Eren；R, Ramos；R H, Gray

来源：Studies in family planning 1983 年 14卷 2期