Problem Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling

Possible Guidelines for Problem Pregnancy Counseling

I N 1967, when the Reverend Howard Moody, pastor of the Judson Memorial Church in New Yorkorganized a small group of clergymen . he created the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, a nom ement which has been sweeping the country . Not only have hundreds of clergymen begun to organize themselves in most states, but other professionals such as counselors in Planned Parenthood. mental health w...

Being in the room: reflections on pregnancy options counseling during abortion training.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Residency Review Committee requires that family medicine residents learn options counseling for women with unintended pregnancies. This qualitative study identifies important domains for future formal evaluations of pregnancy options counseling by exploring the relevant benefits reported by residents who underwent routine abortion training. To our knowledge, this i...

Counseling, consulting, and consent: abortion and the doctor-patient relationship.

Counseling patients with unintended pregnancy.

A collection of Curbside Consultation published in AFP is available at http://www.aafp.org/afp/ curbside. Case Scenario A 23-year-old woman presented to my clinic with an unintended pregnancy. It is her second pregnancy. She has a toddler at home by a different father who is no longer around. The patient works in the same building as the current father. He does not know she is pregnant, and she...

P-89: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Genetic Counseling

Background: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a common and distressing disorder. RPL is a devastating reproductive problem affecting approximately 5% of couples trying to conceive. If we camper the rate of miscarriage in couples may experience RPL with the pregnancy loss rate in general population we may calculate that it is at least two or three times higher than expected. This study aimed to ...