Emotional and psychological impact of abortion: a critique of the literature.
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©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2008: 34(3) Background Defining women’s emotional experiences associated with abortion is a difficult task. Many circumstantial factors affect women’s emotional journeys during their abortion experience and beyond. The research into this aspect of abortion is riven with methodological flaws and bias.1 Steering a neutral path through the vast amount of literature on this subject is a complex process. Much variation exists within the literature on the subject of women’s emotional and psychological experiences of abortion but many clinical studies document the safety and efficacy of physical abortion procedures.2–6 However, very few large-scale studies examine the patients’ psychological experience of abortion.7 Gathering evidence of women’s experiences of abortion is a difficult terrain to negotiate partly because the stigma associated with abortion militates against women’s disclosure.8 Accordingly, women who have elected to undergo abortion may not welcome contact about their experience and they may be reluctant to participate in research studies about abortion.9 The following critique examines the evidence from a variety of sources on the subject of women’s emotional experiences associated with abortion. It concentrates mainly on abortion care in the UK but includes, where relevant, evidence from other countries (chiefly the USA and Europe). Source material comprises empirical studies, guidelines, protocols, and commentary and analysis from peer-reviewed journals.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of family planning and reproductive health care
دوره 34 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008