title: [Perception influence of professionals regarding unsafe in attention to women's health].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the knowledge and awareness of health professionals regarding the Brazilian legislation on induced abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Unidentified sealed envelopes containing the questionnaires were sent to all professionals (n=149) working in the Obstetrics Department of a university hospital and public hospital at the periphery of São Paulo (SP), Brazil. A total of 119 professionals responded to the questionnaire. The 0.05 confidence interval and the Fisher exact test and χ² test were used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the respondents, 48.7% were physicians, 33.6% were nursing professionals and 17.6% were professionals from other fields (psychologists, nutritionists, physiotherapists, laboratory technicians and administrators). There was a significant difference (p=0.01) in the proportion of professionals who believe that abortion for non-lethal fetal malformation and due to unplanned pregnancies should be included in the Brazilian legislation. It was observed that the knowledge about the law and the description of the circumstances allowed by law on abortion was significantly different when comparing health professionals (p=0.01). When asked about the situations in which Brazilian law allows abortion, 32.7% of physicians, 97.5% of nursing professionals and 90.5% of other professionals were unaware of the law.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated the lack of of knowledge of Brazilian law among health professionals, to a lesser extent among obstetricians and a to a greater extent among nursing professionals. Attitudes of discrimination and prejudice were observed regarding the care provided to women who induce an abortion.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Saúde da Divisão de Psicologia, Instituto Central, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gláucia Rosana Guerra
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Benute
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nonnenmacher
authors.forename: Roseli Mieko Yamamoto
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Mara Cristina Souza
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Lucia
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zugaib
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires