Archives: 2009 April 07
POSTNATAL DEPRESSION
Family planning doctors find, whether they like it or not, that they are often dealing with deep and difficult emotions. In the same way that much bereavement counselling may go on in family planning consultations, so it is a time when depression may first be noticed. It has been suggested that some degree of depression, [...]
THE STEREOTYPES – ‘MEN NEED TO BE IN CONTROL’ (INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES (IUCDS)-GENERAL INFORAMTION)
Medicine, and in particular contraception, is an intrusive business. In contraceptive work doctors frequentiy pick up echoes of dissatisfaction with a bad experience in the past. Either partner may have been to a genitourinary clinic, which can heighten their fear of infection, and often adds an extra sense of guilt to those who are not [...]
THE WANTED BABY – DO I WANT A BABY? (AWFUL CONTRACEPTION)
A simple question about the type of contraception she was using brought an angry flood of tears and an outpouring of the story of how awful it was, and why she was childless. Although she had married on the understanding that neither of them wanted to have children, underneath she had been sure that if [...]
THE VERY YOUNG (INTRODUCTION)
Very young girls provoke strong reactions in doctors and others, especially if they emphasize their youth by coming to the clinic or surgery in school uniform. They may come on their own, in which case they are usually showing a degree of maturity in taking their own decisions. Often they are brought by someone else, [...]
THE METHOD AND ITS MEANING – INTRODUCTION
The choice of which, if any, form of contraception to use is one of the most intimate decisions a man and woman can make. The title of this book, Contraceptive Care: Meeting Individual Needs, draws attention to the contrast between the needs and perceptions of individual health professionals and the individual needs of those they [...]
