RCHC Community Project Abstracts

Back to subject search page or search by preceptor site Adoption and Rural Family Practice Project Date: 9/23/2002 Adoption is an important option to be considered by mothers who are facing unplanned pregnancy. Often women who are unprepared on several fronts for parenthood and who have neither access to nor acceptance of abortion as an option are not introduced to this third and vital possibility for their child. Current societal views and lack of physician education may limit how often it is discussed, especially within the scope of a rural family medicine practice. This project examined the current climate regarding adoption in Lebanon/Sweet Home and attempted to gather information on physician/counselor education and readiness to offer adoption as an option to their patients/clients. One-on-one interviews, journal research, and a survey distributed among family medicine and OB-gyn physicians, adult and family service counselors, and school guidance counselors were employed to gather information. It was evident that there is much work to be done in providing instruction and information about adoption to those on the front lines of dealing with unplanned pregnancy Back to subject search page or search by preceptor site