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Women and abortion: attitudes, social networks, decision-making
Social Work in Health Care
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
The results of a study of 517 women seeking abortion are presented regarding attitudes about abortion in general, feelings about the specific decision to have an abortion and the social networks utilized in the decision-making process. Areas of potential conflict related to decision-making are identified along with the implications for social work practice.
Keywords:
Empirical ApproachGenetics and ReproductionAbortion SeekersAbortion SurveysAbortion, InducedAcceptor CharacteristicsAmericasAttitudeBehaviorCommunicationContraceptive UsageDecision MakingDemographic FactorsDemographic SurveysDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesFamily PlanningFamily Planning SurveysFertility Control, PostconceptionHealth PersonnelHusband-wife CommunicationInfluentialsInterpersonal RelationsKansasKnowledge SourcesMotivationNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaPopulationPopulation DynamicsPsychological FactorsResearch MethodologyResearch ReportSampling StudiesStudiesSurveysUnited States