Chapter: Obstetrics and Gynecology: The Woman’s Health Examination

Social History

Patients should be asked about behaviors and lifestyle is-sues that may potentially affect their health and increase their risk.

SOCIAL HISTORY

Patients should be asked about behaviors and lifestyle is-sues that may potentially affect their health and increase their risk. The outcome of this discussion provides a meaning-ful basis for counseling and interventions. All patients shouldbe asked about the following issues:

· Tobacco use

· Alcohol use: amount and type

· Use of illegal drugs and misuse of prescription drugs

· Intimate-partner violence

· Sexual abuse

· Health hazards at work and at home; seatbelt use

· Nutrition, diet, and exercise, including folic acid and calcium intake

· Caffeine intake

Questions can also be asked about whether the patient has an advance directive and whether she is interested in organ donation.

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