40 research outputs found
Medical Liability Insurance as a Barrier to the Provision of Abortion Services in Family Medicine
Family physicians who wish to provide abortions have been subject to both denial
of coverage by medical liability insurers and the imposition of large premium
increases. These policy decisions by insurance companies raise questions about
the role of family physicians in abortion care and about the autonomy of medical
specialties in defining their scope of practice
Medical Accuracy in Sexuality Education: Ideology and the Scientific Process
Recently, many states have implemented requirements for scientific or medical
accuracy in sexuality education and HIV prevention programs. Although seemingly
uncontroversial, these requirements respond to the increasing injection of
ideology into sexuality education, as represented by abstinence-only programs