Doctors' experience of the contraceptive consultation: a qualitative study in Australia.
Marguerite KellyKumiyo InoueKirsten I BlackAlexandra BarrattDeborah BatesonAlison RutherfordMary StewartJuliet RichtersPublished in: The journal of family planning and reproductive health care (2016)
A range of factors-including tendencies to use illness scripts, personal preferences, and discomfort with communications about sexuality-appear to influence doctors' approaches to contraceptive management. Medical training that enables doctors to move out of an illness-treating framework and to improve their understanding of and comfort in discussing sexuality issues will improve their management of healthy women seeking contraception.