Physicians Need More Education About Natural Family Planning

摘要

to the editor:From a patient-centered perspective,there is enough interest in natural family planning (NFP) to consider it as an option for family planning and gynecologic health. However, the authors of the article state that only one-half of physicians would provide information about NFP to patients who wish to prevent pregnancy. Our survey of 120 family medicine residency programs found that more than one-half of women's health faculty members were not familiar with modern methods of NFP, and 25% of these programs do not include NFP in the women's health curriculum.