Tricky topics - Extra Health - approximately half of obstetricians, gynecologists, and family-practice doctors discuss sexually transmitted diseases - Brief Article

Muscle & Fitness/Hers, June, 2002

Just more than half of family-practice doctors and obstetrician-gynecologists report discussing sexually transmitted diseases with their patients, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey. The communication gap is wider when it comes to counseling patients about AIDS; just 43% of ob-gyns and 53% of family-practice physicians said they discussed the subject.