PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kristi Tough
AU  - Holly L. Thacker
TI  - Update on contraceptive options: A case-based discussion
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11088
DP  - 2012 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 207--212
VI  - 79
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/3/207.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/3/207.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2012 Mar 01; 79
AB  - As health care providers, we must engage our female patients in a dialogue about their contraceptive and fertility decisions. Empowering and educating our patients about their bodies’ hormones, the menstrual cycle, and the risk of unintended pregnancy are central to effective contraceptive counseling. Selecting an appropriate method for a patient and her medical profile is rewarding and challenging in view of new medications, novel delivery systems, and evolving research.