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Method

US adaptation of Stanislavsky's teachings on acting and direction, in which importance is attached to the psychological building of a role rather than the technical side of its presentation. Emphasis is placed on improvisation, aiming for a spontaneous and realistic style of acting. One of the principal exponents of the Method was the US actor and director Lee Strasberg, who taught at the Actors Studio in New York.



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10,11) Promotion of the Yuzpe method became more complicated when the pharmaceutical companies launched a new, lower-dose generation of pills, which meant that the number of pills to be taken to obtain the right dose increased to eight, four as soon as possible and four 12 hours later.
The Yuzpe method (WHO, 1998) involves the provision of two high dose, or four low dose, oral contraceptive tablets (containing levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) within 72 hours of intercourse, followed by another two tablets 12 hours later.
Emergency contraception (EC) has been used in Chile and many other countries for years in the form of the Yuzpe method (combined oral contraceptives).
 
 
 
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