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  • 1Paulette Bagnall is a women's health practitioner with the Macomb County Health Department's family planning program in Mt. Clemens, Mich. Denise Rizzolo is an assistant clinical professor of the Pace Completion Program, Department of PA Studies, in New York City and an associate professor in the School of Nursing at Kean University in Union, N.J. She also is an assessment specialist for the Physician Assistant Education Association. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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