title: How basic beliefs about human life relate to ethical judgments about induced abortion.
abstract: This survey explores family planning field workers' basic beliefs and value assessments related to a new human life and their relationship to their verbal statements of ethical judgments about induced abortion under varying circumstances in Taiwan. It also relates these beliefs to stated experience of abortion referrals. Implications for education and research with application to other countries and international social issues are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01004, USA. gcernada@schoolph.umass.edu
authors.forename: George P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Cernada
authors.forename: Eleanor Ching-Ching
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cernada
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000941:ethics*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires