title: [Experience of women who request voluntary abortion: relationship with their health care environment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe women's perception of health care after they decided to have a voluntary termination of pregnancy and their referral to the abortion clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative method, using semi-structured interviews carried out between April and June 2005.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary Health Care District of Seville, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women living in the city of Seville and attending subsidized abortion clinics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-six women of varying ages and educational level were interviewed. The interview studied the assessment and information given by health professionals, and accessibility and use of family planning services. The results were analysed and triangulated with other studies and experts in the field.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the women interviewed were satisfied with the health care provided. Occasionally they perceived a bureaucratic attitude from physicians, who transmitted their disapproval and lack of support for an abortion decision. There were important differences in the way they were referred to abortion clinics, and in the information given to the women. Older women opted for private care, because this accelerated procedures and protected their privacy. Most women did not use family planning services before the abortion decision, except for requesting contraception.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study found there is a need to reduce the variety of patterns of care for women requesting an abortion, to speed up the proceedings and to train family doctors in assessment and information delivered to women during the process.
authors.affiliation: Distrito Sanitario Sevilla de Atención Primaria, Sevilla, Spain. aurea.morillo.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
authors.forename: Aurea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morillo García
authors.forename: Josefa María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aldana Espinal
authors.forename: Juana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moreno Nieto
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sillero Sánchez
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nieto Cervera
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003267:Contraception; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004493:Education; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain