Soares Gilberta Santos
Coordenação Executiva do Cunhã Coletivo Feminista, João Pessoa, PB, 58000-000, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2003;19 Suppl 2:S399-406. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2003000800021. Epub 2004 Mar 8.
This article discusses the roles of social workers, psychologists, nurses, and physicians concerning abortion and their participation in assisting legal abortion in Brazil for women victims of sexual violence. The working hypothesis was that many health professionals might oppose such programs on the grounds that they involve interruption of pregnancy. This qualitative study interviewed 12 health professionals and two program managers in the State of Paraíba and the Federal District (Brasilia). The health professionals' representations of abortion ranged from a moralist and religious concept to the promotion of women's rights and autonomy. The health professionals faced obvious challenges in dealing with the abortion issue. Their experience in treating women had fostered changes in values and a reinterpretation of the meaning of their own practice.
本文讨论了社会工作者、心理学家、护士和医生在堕胎问题上的角色，以及他们在巴西协助遭受性暴力的妇女进行合法堕胎方面的参与情况。研究的工作假设是，许多卫生专业人员可能会以这些项目涉及终止妊娠为由反对它们。这项定性研究采访了帕拉伊巴州和联邦区（巴西利亚）的12名卫生专业人员和两名项目经理。卫生专业人员对堕胎的看法从道德和宗教观念到促进妇女权利和自主权不等。卫生专业人员在处理堕胎问题上面临着明显的挑战。他们在治疗妇女方面的经验促使了价值观的转变以及对自身实践意义的重新诠释。
