Understanding the extent of and limitations to conscientious objection by health care practitioners to abortion

Fleming, Valerie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4672-4843, Maxwell, Clare ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3254-2720 and Morecroft, Charles (2021) Understanding the extent of and limitations to conscientious objection by health care practitioners to abortion. [Data Collection]

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Abstract

A question that continues to generate social, professional, and academic controversy is the scope of the right to conscientious objection (CO) under section 4 of the 1967 Abortion Act. Research questions 1. What do health professionals understand as constituting ‘participation in abortion’?2. From which elements of the abortion process should health professionals be permitted to withdraw on grounds of conscience? The research has been underpinned by the hermeneutic of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Semi structured interviews with pharmacists, doctors, nurses and midwives took place. Data were analysed thematically, heuristically and finally hermeneutically. The main themes were "doing the job", "entrusting to others", "acknowledging institutional power" and "being selective".

Creators: Fleming, Valerie, Maxwell, Clare and Morecroft, Charles
ORCID: ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4672-4843ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3254-2720UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: conscience; abortion; health professionals
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.d.00000101
Division: Nursing & Allied Health
Field of Research: Health sciences
Health sciences > Nursing
Date Deposited: 31 Aug 2021 10:13
Last Modified: 22 Aug 2024 10:04
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URI: https://opendata.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/101
Data collection method: semi structured interviews
Grant number: ES/R008841/1 R232071
Geographic coverage: Scotland and England
Resource language: English
Metadata language: English
Statement on legal, ethical and access issues: Ethical approval was granted by Liverpool John Moores University (UREC 18/NAH032) and was ratified by the Health research Authority (IRAS 246528).
Collection period:
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1 April 201931 March 2020

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