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Factors related to delay for legal abortions performed at a gestational age of 20 weeks or more

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Carol Joseph
Carol Joseph
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, London Hospital Medical College, Turner Street, London
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Summary

Between 1981 and 1982 the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists undertook a national survey of late abortion practice in England and Wales. The study was based on a confidential enquiry, specifically authorized by the Chief Medical Officers of the DHSS and the Welsh Office, which used the notification system as the means of identifying cases. All abortions notified as carried out at 20 weeks gestational age or more were selected during the year, together with varying proportions of cases from other gestational groups. Data on avoidable and unavoidable causes of delay were obtained by questionnaire from notifying doctors, and a comparison was made of the subjectively attributed delay with any that was found through objective measures derived from both questionnaire and notification data. This paper presents results on delay associated specifically with abortions carried out at a gestational age of 20 weeks or more to residents of the United Kingdom only.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 327 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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