Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards termination of pregnancy at viable stage

 

… physicians and paramedical professionals involved in late TOP decision‐making in all eight centers with a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Flanders, Belgium

… highly accepted in both lethal fetal conditions (100%) and serious (but not lethal) fetal conditions (95.6%)

… Where the fetus is healthy, 19.8% of respondents agreed with late TOP for maternal psychological problems

… (13.2%) agreed with late TOP in the case of maternal socio‐economic problems

… more often preferred feticide over neonatal palliative care

… in situations with an unclear diagnosis and unpredictable prognosis, 85.6% of professionals would still consider late TOP

       

 

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