Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning PubHealthInfo

[PubHealth.info Homepage] [Category Homepage] [Disclaimer/Copyrights] [Feedback]

Thank you for your kind visit to PubHealth.info®, an information portal created in technical collaboration with PakMed Biomedical Solutions * * * PubHealth.info® presents hundreds of thousands of informative Web pages on a variety of public health issues / issues * * * An ultimate source of information for teachers, students and research workers who need to find information on various public health issues, like population planning, contraception, HIV AIDS, STDs, maternal and child health, communicable and non-communicable disease, etc. * * * PubHealth.info® regularly updates the repository of these hundreds of thousands of informative Web pages * * * PubHealth.info® is one of the world's largest repositories and information portals with online Web pages on public health issues particularly those pertaining to developing countries!

PubHealth.info® (a subsidiary of PakMed) presents scientific information mainly based on abstracts of articles published on a variety of public health issues/topics, particularly encompassing population planning, disease prevention, maternal and child health, and communicable and non-communicable diseases (like HIV AIDS, malaria, etc) that are affecting a significant portion of population in developing and developed countries. Here you can find abstracts of articles published on a variety of public health topics under category "Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning". Contraception (birth control) is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices, practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less controversial than abortion specifically.

YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Power and knowledge in family planning consultations: can a re-analysis of

doctor-patient interaction improve client satisfaction?

AUTHORS

Baraitser P

SOURCE

British Journal of Family Planning. 1995 Apr;21(1):18-9.

ABSTRACT

Most attempts to increase patient satisfaction analyze only the family planning consultation. What is studied is what

happens, not why: not how the sources of power and types of knowledge of both parties influence physician-patient

interactions. One must examine the consultation within its social and institutional context. When one examines

power in the physician-patient relationship, one should not assume that the physician is altruistic and does the best

s/he can to provide a passive client with the best possible means of contraception. Physicians and patients hold

different and conflicting expectations of family planning visits. These expectations and objectives are based on the

patient's ability to choose her source of advice; the physician's ability to choose his/her patients; both participants'

personal, social, and cultural backgrounds; and their previous experience with clinic visits. Further, both the

physician and the patient come to the consultation with many types of knowledge, all of which are valuable. When

they exchange knowledge, each one is allowed to understand the actions of the other. For example, patients need to

know why a physician is hesitant to prescribe a certain oral contraceptive (OC). Physicians need to know why the

patient does or does not want to use that OC. If such discussion does not take place, physicians discount patients'

knowledge about their bodies and the patients themselves. This discounting adversely affects the physician-patient

relationship. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3011-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Power and knowledge in family planning consultations: can

a re-analysis of doctor-patient interaction improve client satisfaction?", is(are) Baraitser P. The source of this

article is "British Journal of Family Planning. 1995 Apr;21(1):18-9.". This article was published in 1995 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 3011-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 8011

This page is optimized to be viewed by Java script enabled Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or later version, at screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels.