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Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling
The research is an. exploratory and descriptive study into emotional distress in women, before and after terminations of pregnancy at the Pregnancy Advisory Service at Groote Schuur Hospital, which aims to assess the need for pre- and postabortion counselling. The participants were women seen at the...
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| description | The research is an. exploratory and descriptive study into emotional distress in women, before and after terminations of pregnancy at the Pregnancy Advisory Service at Groote Schuur Hospital, which aims to assess the need for pre- and postabortion counselling. The participants were women seen at the Pregnancy Advisory Service from 1 - 14 December 1993 and 5 - 19 January 1994 and assessed for terminations of pregnancy according to Section 3 Cl)Cb) of the Abortion and Sterilization Act of 1975. The research methods were survey research and participant observation. The results indicated that levels of emotional distress in the short term after termination of pregnancy are much lower than before a termination of pregnancy and as a result most women do not want post-abortion counselling. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42976 Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling Forrest, Gillian Moira Social Work The research is an. exploratory and descriptive study into emotional distress in women, before and after terminations of pregnancy at the Pregnancy Advisory Service at Groote Schuur Hospital, which aims to assess the need for pre- and postabortion counselling. The participants were women seen at the Pregnancy Advisory Service from 1 - 14 December 1993 and 5 - 19 January 1994 and assessed for terminations of pregnancy according to Section 3 Cl)Cb) of the Abortion and Sterilization Act of 1975. The research methods were survey research and participant observation. The results indicated that levels of emotional distress in the short term after termination of pregnancy are much lower than before a termination of pregnancy and as a result most women do not want post-abortion counselling. 2026-03-16T07:02:30Z 2026-03-16T07:02:30Z 1994 2024-07-12T07:02:47Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42976 en eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Social Work Forrest, Gillian Moira Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling |
| title_full | Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling |
| title_fullStr | Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling |
| title_short | Emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy: an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling |
| title_sort | emotional distress in women before and after therapeutic termination of pregnancy an investigation into the need for pre and post abortion counselling |
| topic | Social Work |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42976 |
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