The attitudes of professional nurses towards women who requested termination of pregnancy services at the Carletonville hospital

Mokgethi, Nomathemba Emily

dc.contributor.advisor	Van der Merwe, M.M. (Mrs.)	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Ehlers, V.J. (Dr.)	en
dc.contributor.author	Mokgethi, Nomathemba Emily	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:52:27Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:52:27Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T10:52:27Z
dc.date.submitted	2004-02-28	en
dc.identifier.citation	Mokgethi, Nomathemba Emily (2009) The attitudes of professional nurses towards women who requested termination of pregnancy services at the Carletonville hospital, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1387>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1387
dc.description.abstract	The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (no 92 of 1996) was implemented during 1997. This study attempted to investigate professional nurses' attitudes towards rendering these services in the Carletonville area of South Africa. The research results, obtained from questionnaires completed by professional nurses, indicated that most professional nurses would prefer:  women to be at least 16 years of age to access these services  not to allow repeated terminations of pregnancy to the same women  to administer pills rather than to use vacuum aspirations  to work in these services by choice only  to have better equipment, more resources and more staff members in units offering these services  more support from their families, friends, managers and communities Some professional nurses experienced guilt, depression, anxiety and religious conflicts as a result of the nature of their work.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (viii, 91 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Abortions	en
dc.subject	Carletonville area of South Africa	en
dc.subject	Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (no 92 of 1	en
dc.subject	Religious aspects of abortions	en
dc.subject	Support for professional nurses	en
dc.subject	Stigmatisation of terminations of pregnancy	en
dc.subject	Termination of pregnancy services	en
dc.subject.ddc	610.730699
dc.subject.lcsh	Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- South Africa -- Carletonville
dc.subject.lcsh	Abortion -- Religious aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	Nurse and patient -- South Africa -- Carletonville
dc.title	The attitudes of professional nurses towards women who requested termination of pregnancy services at the Carletonville hospital	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Health Studies)	en