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Experiences of registered midwives assisting with termination of pregnancies at a tertiary level hospital

Pat M Mayers, Briony Parkes, Beryl Green, Judy Turner
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 10, No 1 | a185 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v10i1.185 | © 2005 Pat M Mayers, Briony Parkes, Beryl Green, Judy Turner | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 08 November 2005 | Published: 08 November 2005

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Pat M Mayers, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Briony Parkes,, South Africa
Beryl Green,, South Africa
Judy Turner,, South Africa

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Abstract

The implementation of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, Act No. 92 of 1996 brought many challenges for the registered nurses/midwife assisting in the termination of pregnancy.

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Die implementering van die Wet op die Beëindiging van Swangerskap, Wet Nr. 92 van 1996, het baie uitdagings meegebring vir die geregistreerde verpleegkundige wat met die beëindiging van swangerskap behulpsaam is.

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