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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Doesn't Work In Prenatal Care
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2008-09-30 14:17
While obstetrical care providers are doing a good job working with their patients on smoking cessation, they are not doing as well on abuse of other substances that can harm a woman's unborn baby. A new study appearing in the September 2008 issue of the journal Patient Education and Counseling reports that patients don't volunteer information about substance abuse unless specifically queried.
INDIANAPOLIS — While obstetrical care providers are doing a good job
working with their patients on smoking cessation, they are not doing as
well on abuse of other substances that can harm a woman's unborn baby.
A new study appearing in the September 2008 issue of the journal Patient Education and Counseling
reports that patients don't volunteer information about substance abuse unless specifically queried.
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