Many providers are using the PATH questions to explore reproductive desires with patients. What are the questions? Patty Cason explains that. PATH questions are designed to guide providers through a person-centered, non-judgmental counseling approach—building rapport, reducing bias, and clarifying patient needs. PATH is an acronym for remembering three key questions

Many people know they’re pregnant early. For some, if a pregnancy is unwanted, they seek abortion care right away. But what if I don’t see a gestational sac with a yolk sac on an ultrasound? Drs. Siripanth Nippita and Maureen Paul respond.

A patient has a positive urine pregnancy test and says they can’t possibly be pregnant. What do you do next? Any test obtained in a clinic, research, or even in a home setting has the potential to have false positive results. It’s reasonable to start this evaluation with an assessment of how likely it is that the patient might be pregnant. If there is any possibility, then they are likely pregnant until proven otherwise. Here are the next steps in some puzzling scenarios …