Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: are health professionals’ perceptions of women’s coping congruent with women’s accounts?

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• 作者：Caroline Lafarge ; Kathryn Mitchell ; Andrew C. G. Breeze…
• 关键词：UK ; Termination of pregnancy ; Fetal abnormality ; Coping and coping strategies ; Health professionals ; Congruence
• 刊名：BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：470KB
• 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Maternal and Child Health; Gynecology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2393
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundPregnancy termination for fetal abnormality (TFA) may have profound psychological consequences for those involved. Evidence suggests that women’s experience of care influences their psychological adjustment to TFA and that they greatly value compassionate healthcare. Caring for women in these circumstances presents challenges for health professionals, which may relate to their understanding of women’s experience. This qualitative study examined health professionals’ perceptions of women’s coping with TFA and assessed to what extent these perceptions are congruent with women’s accounts.