Factors associated to knowledge and opinion of gynecologists and obstetricians about the Brazilian legislation on abortion

• Main Authors: Anibal Faúndes (Author), Rozana Martins Simoneti (Author), Graciana Alves Duarte (Author), Jorge Andalaft-Neto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Unsafe abortion accounts for about 12% of maternal deaths in Brazil, although many of these women could meet the requirements for legal abortion in this country. Physicians' inappropriate knowledge of the law may be playing a role in this situation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate which fa...