Experience With Abortion - A Case Study of North-East Scotland

Klappentext This account describes the total abortion experience in a relatively homogeneous and static population where pregnancies have been terminated for many years. Zusammenfassung Abortion is an emotionally explosive subject. The aim of this account is to make a contribution to counteract inadequate knowledge in the ill-documented field of abortion policy and practice. This account describes the total abortion experience in a relatively homogeneous and static population (Aberdeen and its environs) where pregnancies have been terminated for many years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Raymond Illsley; Preface Gordon Horobin; Acknowledgements; Introduction Ian MacGillivray and Gordon Horobin; 1. Epidemiological background Jean Aitken-Swan; 2. Gynaecological aspects Ian MacGillivray and K. John Dennis; 3. The woman's story: married women Jean Aitken-Swan; 4. The woman's story: single women Jean Aitken-Swan; 5. Social and psychological characteristics at referral Peter C. Olley; 6. Long-term psychiatric follow-up Colin McCance, Peter C. Olley and Vivien Edward; 7. Overall clinical psychiatric assessment Colin McCance, Peter C. Olley and Vivien Edward; 8. Decision-making in therapeutic abortion Colin Farmer; 9. Conclusions Gordon Horobin; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Horobin, Horobin Gordon
• Assisted by: Gordon Horobin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521112772
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11277-2
• No. of pages: 396
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, Ethical issues and debates, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics