Improving the quality of contraceptive counseling is one strategy to prevent unintended
pregnancy. We identify aspects of relational and task-oriented communication in family …

Patient centeredness is an increasingly recognized aspect of quality health care. The
application of this framework to contraceptive counseling and care has not been well …

“If you read only one book about democracy, The Turnaway Study should be it. Why?
Because without the power to make decisions about our own bodies, there is no …

Background Little is known about what women value in their interactions with family
planning providers and in decision making about contraception. Study Design We …

Background. Using in-depth qualitative methods, we investigated negative contraception
counseling experiences, including those felt to be coercive or discriminatory, in a population …

Context Providers can help clients achieve their personal reproductive goals by providing
high-quality, client-centered contraceptive counseling. Given the individualized nature of …

Objectives. To describe a community-wide contraception initiative and assess changes in
method use when cost and access barriers are removed in an environment with client …

Clinicians should strive for good interpersonal relationships with patients, and elicit patient
experiences and preferences to tailor their counseling to each individual's needs. Shared …

Background: To explore women's perspectives about the treatment decision‐making
process for depression during pregnancy and after birth. Method: One hundred pregnant …

Background Access to most contraceptives in Australia requires a prescription from a doctor,
and it has been shown that doctors can influence women's decision-making with respect to …