Implications of the Dobbs Decision for Medical Education: Inadequate Training and Moral Distress

Biftu Mengesha; Nikki Zite; Jody Steinauer

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.19544

Implications of the Dobbs Decision for Medical Education: Inadequate Training and Moral Distress

JAMA. 2022 Nov 1;328(17):1697-1698. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.19544.

Authors

Biftu Mengesha¹, Nikki Zite², Jody Steinauer³

Affiliations

¹ Innovating Education in Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville.
³ Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.

PMID: 36318119
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.19544

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses how states’ restrictions on abortion will affect medical students’ training in providing reproductive health care and also create moral distress by being forced to provide care that may harm patients.

MeSH terms

Education, Medical* / ethics
Education, Medical* / legislation & jurisprudence
Education, Medical* / methods
Education, Medical* / standards
Humans
Morals*
Students, Medical
Supreme Court Decisions*
United States