Table 1. What do health care practitioners understand as constituting ’participation in abortion’?
No direct involvement | Possible involvement | Direct involvement | ||||||||
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Consultation/advice | Booking women in | Post abortion care | Referring | Supporting the woman through the process | Dr agrees and signs form | Supervising others | Seeking second signature on form | Inducing the abortion | Performing foeticide | Conducting labour and delivery, performing operation (eg curettage) |
Whole process |