The physician's influence on the nonacceptance of birth control

Communication: Methods and Materials Related to Education for Family Planning

“…A study by Wolf and Ferguson gathered such data through observation, interviews with patients, and review of consultation records of an inner city (U.S.) prenatal clinic population utilizing a large metropolitan hospital. (20) The authors found repetitive patterns by which physicians contribute to their patients' nonacceptance of family planning methods. These patterns, which seemed to operate unconsciously, are described and suggestions are made for dealing with the passivity, fears, and superstitions of women from low socio-economic groups.…”

Studies Related to School and College Programs of Family Life Education

“…Wolf and Ferguson comment on the influence of the physician in VD education. ( 170) In interviewing an inner city, prenatal clinic pcpulation they found that some women who had V D as teenagers had been exposed to "scare" lectures given by physicians. From these lectures, some women obtained the idea that they had been made sterile by the gonorrhea attack; therefore, they felt no need to use birth control.…”