1. Fresh Perspectives on oral contraception

2. Program Overview

3. The Evolution of COC

4. Reducing the Estrogen Dose

5. Developments in Administration Schemes

6. Developments With Progestins

7. Non-Contraceptive Benefits of COC

8. Concerns and Anxieties With COC

9. Efficacy of COC

10. Benefits and risks of COC

12. Benefits of COC

13. Benefits of COC (cont)

14. Risks Associated With COC: VTE

15. Other Risks Associated With COC

16. Summary

17. Summary (cont)

18. Myths and misconceptions surrounding COC

19. Program Overview

20. Pill Breaks

21. Fertility

22. Weight Gain

23. Birth Defects

24. Use in Women Aged > 35 Years

25. Use in Women Aged > 35 Years (cont)

26. Acne

27. Cancer

28. Cancer (cont)

29. Concluding Messages

30. Helping Women to Make the Right Contraceptive Choice

31. The 3-Step Approach

32. The Contraceptive Dialogue: Step 1

33. The Contraceptive Dialogue: Step 2

34. Risk Factors and Profiles

35. The Contraceptive Dialogue: Step 3

36. Shared Decision Making

37. Concluding remarks

38. Current Status of COC

39. Current Status of COC (cont)

40. Future Developments With COC

41. Abbreviations

42. Abbreviations (cont)