Summary information

Study title

Attitude of Specialists for Gynecology and Birth Assistance to Abortion 1990

Creator

Abteilung Medizinethik an der Akademie für Ärztliche Fortbildung Berlin Institut für Soziologie und Sozialpolitik an der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin

Study number / PID

ZA6340, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.6340 (DOI)

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Abstract

Professional motivation and satisfaction, attitude to women with wish for abortion and acceptance of their motives, counseling offer and duty of doctors, decision opportunities of the women. Topics: Motives for study of medicine; influence factors on desired occupation; reasons for selection of subject area gynecology (scale); influence of knowledge about the necessity of abortion; renewed selection of subject area; desire for change of job due to conducting abortions; work satisfaction; conducting abortions as component of normal work program; situations for dissatisfaction in the profession; opinion on abortion on demand of the woman and on sole right of the woman to decide; valuation of abortion; change of stand on abortion in recent time; abortion in the immediate circle of relatives and friends and stand on this; dealing with the law on abortion; possible changes of this law; extent to which informed about the legal situation and current practice on abortion in GDR and FRG; preferred legal view; desire for information about motives of the woman for abortion; acceptance of motives of the woman; conduct regarding women with wish for abortion; emotional relationship to abortion patient; opportunities to increase responsibility of the woman; following scientific literature on the abortion problem; ability to influence the attitude of gynecologists to abortion; stand on duty to provide counseling; groups of persons counseling; character of counseling talks; contraceptive habits of the woman; management activity; work area; place of work; social affiliation of parents; medical occupation of parents; political inclination; religiousness; district of place of residence.

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Methodology

Data collection period

09/1990 - 11/1990

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Universe

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Data collection mode

Mail survey

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1990

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

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