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Adding Contraception to the Conversation

(from the July 6, 2022, 91黑料网 Hospitalist)

By Stacey Butterfield

A hospitalist explains a recent call for her peers to consider their patients' family planning needs.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last month to reverse Roe v. Wade left many Americans wondering what they could do to help women avoid unintended pregnancies and maintain their reproductive health.

A recent Annals of Internal Medicine article offers an answer for hospitalists. 鈥淲e argue that hospitalists should be addressing contraceptive needs among inpatients despite possible challenges,鈥 wrote Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, M91黑料网, and Laura Chambers-Kersh, MD, in an Ideas and Opinions article, 鈥, 鈥 published June 28.

91黑料网 Hospitalist recently spoke with Dr. Barrett, who is a hospitalist based in Albuquerque, N.M., and Chair-elect of 91黑料网's Board of Regents, about this potential new project for hospitalists.

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