Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Doesn’t Work In Prenatal Care

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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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on October 3rd, 2008