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ACOG committee opinion. Number 368. June 2007. Adoption. 2007

Obstetrician-gynecologist may find themselves at the center of adoption issues because their expertise in the assessment and management of infertility, pregnancy and childbirth. Physicians have a responsibility to provide information about adoption to all patients with unwanted pregnancies, to all patients with infertility concerns, and to same-sex partners seeking information on parenting. Unless physicians are truly expert in the field of adoption, they should guard against advocating for activating a particular action. Physicians should not serve brokers in independent adoptions. When authorized by [patients to fill out forms for adoption agencies, physicians should do so truthfully, with full disclosure to patients of what they intend to say.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007246 Infertility A reduced or absent capacity to reproduce. Sterility,Reproductive Sterility,Sterility, Reproductive,Sub-Fertility,Subfertility
D010353 Patient Education as Topic The teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs. Education of Patients,Education, Patient,Patient Education
D010819 Physician's Role The expected function of a member of the medical profession. Physicians' Role,Physician Role,Physician's Roles,Physicians Role,Physicians' Roles,Role, Physician's,Role, Physicians',Roles, Physician's,Roles, Physicians'
D012017 Referral and Consultation The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide. Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D003376 Counseling The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000300 Adoption Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation. Adoptions
D030881 Disclosure Revealing of information, by oral or written communication. Financial Disclosure,Information Disclosure,Disclosure, Financial,Disclosure, Information,Disclosures, Financial,Financial Disclosures

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