Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts
| Autor: | Katriina Koponen, Kaisa Laaksonen, Tanja Vehkakoski, Simo Vehmas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 33-44 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1501-7419 1745-3011 15017419 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15017419.2012.660704 |
| Popis: | This study explores the construction of parental and professional agency in the written accounts by women who have undergone selective abortion (N=8). The analysis of the data was based on qualitative, linguistic discourse analysis. The accounts indicate that the mothers themselves exhibited both strong and weak agency during the process of prenatal diagnosis. The role of the professionals was usually discussed in these accounts concerning only the phases of pregnancy when something out of ordinary had been detected. After the termination, the mothers expressed that they were forced to exhibit strong agency and find ways to cope with their distress unaided due to a lack of professional support. The findings provide new viewpoints for discussing the realization of parental autonomy in prenatal counseling as well as knowledge about the various emotional reactions which prenatal diagnosis and selective abortions evoke. |
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