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Ana Zélia Silva Fernandes de Sousa1, Valdecyr Herdy Alves2, Andressa Tavares Parente3
1Universidade do Estado do Pará. Tucuruí, Pará, Brazil.
Objectives:
to understand the values attributed by nurses and physicians working in obstetric care for abortion.
Methods:
this is a phenomenological study based on Max Scheler's theory of values, with 19 semi-structured online interviews with healthcare professionals working in legal abortion, using the snowball sampling recruitment technique. The collected data were transcribed in full and submitted to content analysis.
Results:
it was evident from healthcare professionals' statements that abortion has a vital, moral and ethical professional value. Furthermore, the lack of value given to abortion by physicians and nurses was demonstrated as well as the vital value attributed to women's lives by public health.
Final Considerations:
in order to understand the values attributed by nurses and physicians, there was the need to advance the values of health, rights, dignity and respect for women in the face of abortion.
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