Sexual and reproductive health counselling by health care professionals.

This document reflects emerging clinical and scientific advances on the date issued, and is subject to change. The information should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure to be followed. Local institutions can dictate amendments to these opinions. They should be well documented if modified at the local level. None of these contents may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the SOGC. This policy statement was prepared by the Social and Sexual Issues Committee, reviewed by the Family Physicians Advisory Committee and the Clinical Practice Gynaecology Committee, and approved by the Executive and Council of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. SOCIAL AND SEXuAL ISSuES COMMITTEE Margaret Burnett, MD (Chair), Winnipeg MB Anjali Aggarwal, MD, Toronto ON Victoria Davis, MD, Scarborough ON Jeffrey Dempster, MD, Halifax NS William Fisher, PhD, London ON Karen MacKinnon, RN, PhD, Victoria BC Rosana Pellizzari, MD, Peterborough ON Viola Polomeno, RN, PhD, Ottawa ON Maegan Rutherford, MD, Halifax NS Vyta Senikas, MD, Ottawa ON Marie-Soleil Wagner, MD, Montreal QC FAMILY PHYSICIANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE William Ehman, MD (Chair), Nanaimo BC Anne Biringer, MD, Toronto ON Andrée Gagnon, MD, Blainville QC Lisa Graves, MD, Sudbury ON Jonathan Hey, MD, Saskatoon SK Jill Konkin, MD, Edmonton AB Francine Léger, MD, Montreal QC Cindy Marshall, MD, Lower Sackville NS