Abstract
Induced abortion is an intervention that scientific research primarily addresses from the concerned women's point of view in terms of either the causes or the consequences of the abortion decision. Nevertheless, each case of abortion involves a man as much as a woman (in the same vein as conception), which calls for the better knowledge of male partners' needs, expectations and experiences related to induced abortion. The present summary addresses male partners' status and importance in abortion care in a practical approach based on professional considerations. Available empirical findings suggest that male partners' involvement in abortion care has importance both in protecting men's emotional balance and in providing support for women in adapting to the abortion process. Male partners' deeper involvement possibly includes roles such as seeing the female partner to the intervention, participation in pre-abortion counselling, presence during the intervention, and participation in post-abortion care. Related findings show that all of these forms of support are related to women's positive abortion-related experiences and thus to their better recovery (provided that the female partner expresses a need for her male partner's personal support). Furthermore, male partners' involvement in abortion care enables health care providers to tailor counselling (information on the intervention, on possible consequences, on contraceptive methods etc.) to men's specific needs. These practices facilitate partners' joint and informed decision making, joint responsibility for conception or contraception, and eventually contribute to reducing the incidence of induced abortion. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(18): 694-699.
Highlights
Induced abortion is an intervention that scientific research primarily addresses from the concerned women’s point of view in terms of either the causes or the consequences of the abortion decision
Each case of abortion involves a man as much as a woman, which calls for the better knowledge of male partners’ needs, expectations and experiences related to induced abortion
A tanácsadás célja részben az informálás, részben pedig a válsághelyzet enyhítése és a döntés támogatása, a magzati élet védelmének irányultságával
Summary
Hogy milyen hatással jár a férfi partner bevonása a tanácsadásba, az elemzett időszakban csak egy kutatás irányult [17]. A vizsgálat során magáról az abortuszról, a beavatkozás utáni fogamzásgátlási lehetőségekről és egyéb, a pár által felvetett témákról szóló tanácsadáson vettek részt a párok. A tanácsadást követően a nők érzelmileg erősebben támogatottnak érezték magukat, megnyugtatónak tartották partnerük jelenlétét, úgy érezték, a hallott információk alapján partnerük jobban megérti, min mennek keresztül, és könnyebben meg tudták osztani partnerükkel a döntést
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