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Percepções sobre o aborto: um estudo com profissionais de saúde
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Santo, Patrícia Espírito Vieira, Elisabeth Meloni |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Abortion is one of the major causes of hospitalization in Brazil. According to some authors, its contribution to maternal mortality seems to be related to the health care. Making the assumption that the health professional’s perceptions on abortion influence their practice, to know them is important. This paper presents a qualitative study that aimed to reveal the perception on abortion of a group of health professionals that cope with women’s health their everyday practice. As a selection criteria to the participation in the study the health professionals must had experience in obstetrics cases and to belong to one of these categories: doctor, nurse or nurse assistant. A total of 12 professionals were interviewed and a fieldwork diary records was used. The study followed the Resolution 196/96 of the Ethical Commission of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. A thematic content analysis was used to data analysis. Six categories were drawn from the interviews: the health professionals classifies abortion or miscarriage according to women’s appearance of suffering; they felt difficult to cope with the emotional aspects of abortion; those who defended restriction to abortion are based on religious arguments; those who defended decriminalization used as argument the need to improve women’s health; they felt insecure regarding the ethical and legal aspects of abortion and revealed unprepared to approach emotional need of the patients with abortion. Descriptors: Abortion; Reproductive and sexual health; Qualitative research. PERCEPCIONES SOBRE EL ABORTO: UN ESTUDIO CON PROFESIONALES DE LA SALUD |
| Starting Page | 180 |
| Ending Page | 186 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.5205/reuol.384-8816-1-LE.0102200714 |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/download/5320/4539 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5205/reuol.384-8816-1-LE.0102200714 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |