'Abortion' or 'termination of pregnancy'? Views from abortion care providers in Scotland, UK
| Autor: | Rosemary Cochrane, Sharon T. Cameron, Anne Johnstone, Sally Wielding, Áine Kavanagh, Judith Sim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Service provision Obstetrics and Gynecology Abortion medicine.disease Patient care Abortion stigma Terminology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Reproductive Medicine Family medicine medicine In patient 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ sexualreproductive health. 44(2) |
| ISSN: | 2515-2009 |
| Popis: | BackgroundThe phrase ‘termination of pregnancy’ has recently been adopted by a number of British medical institutions as a preferred descriptor of induced abortion. How it is used by abortion care providers is unclear, although the ongoing stigmatisation of abortion may play a role.MethodsA mixed methods study of the views of abortion care providers in Scotland, UK. Self-administered anonymous questionnaires were distributed to abortion care providers at a national conference (Scottish Abortion Care Providers). The main outcomes measured were the proportion of respondents reporting that they found the terms ‘abortion’ and ‘termination of pregnancy’ to be distressing, and their preferred terminology for use in consultations with women. In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 providers from a single clinic in Scotland to contextualise use of the terminology.ResultsThe questionnaire was completed by 90/118 delegates (76%). More respondents indicated they found the term ‘abortion’ distressing (28%), compared with those who found ‘termination of pregnancy’ distressing (6%; PConclusions‘Termination of pregnancy’ is the most commonly used term to describe induced abortion in patient consultations in Scotland. This and the term ‘abortion’ appear to play different roles, with the former being used euphemistically, and the latter as a more emphatic term. Further research is warranted to investigate how this interacts with patient care, service provision, and abortion stigma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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