40 research outputs found

    Medical Liability Insurance as a Barrier to the Provision of Abortion Services in Family Medicine

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    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

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    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
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