Attitudes to women undergoing TOP

This article describes a research project which was carried out to investigate the quality of the nursing service within a newly established unit for women undergoing termination of pregnancy (TOP). Staff and patient attitudes were examined to see what effect this might have on the expected and perceived quality of the nursing care. The results showed mostly positive attitudes and general satisfaction with the quality of the nursing service, although there were some areas of concern. The author recommends that more specialist units should be set up for the care of these women and reviews the implications for research and education.