Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts
This study explores the construction of parental and professional agency in the written accounts by women who have undergone selective abortion (N=8). The analysis of the data was based on qualitative, linguistic discourse analysis. The accounts indicate that the mothers themselves exhibited both st...
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| author | Katriina Koponen Kaisa Laaksonen Tanja Vehkakoski Simo Vehmas |
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| description | This study explores the construction of parental and professional agency in the written accounts by women who have undergone selective abortion (N=8). The analysis of the data was based on qualitative, linguistic discourse analysis. The accounts indicate that the mothers themselves exhibited both strong and weak agency during the process of prenatal diagnosis. The role of the professionals was usually discussed in these accounts concerning only the phases of pregnancy when something out of ordinary had been detected. After the termination, the mothers expressed that they were forced to exhibit strong agency and find ways to cope with their distress unaided due to a lack of professional support. The findings provide new viewpoints for discussing the realization of parental autonomy in prenatal counseling as well as knowledge about the various emotional reactions which prenatal diagnosis and selective abortions evoke. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67da66b229384bf0ab14dadb9d58e2412023-08-02T05:37:37ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1501-74191745-30112012-03-01151334410.1080/15017419.2012.660704377Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accountsKatriina Koponen0Kaisa Laaksonen1Tanja Vehkakoski2Simo Vehmas3Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FinlandDepartment of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FinlandDepartment of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FinlandDepartment of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FinlandThis study explores the construction of parental and professional agency in the written accounts by women who have undergone selective abortion (N=8). The analysis of the data was based on qualitative, linguistic discourse analysis. The accounts indicate that the mothers themselves exhibited both strong and weak agency during the process of prenatal diagnosis. The role of the professionals was usually discussed in these accounts concerning only the phases of pregnancy when something out of ordinary had been detected. After the termination, the mothers expressed that they were forced to exhibit strong agency and find ways to cope with their distress unaided due to a lack of professional support. The findings provide new viewpoints for discussing the realization of parental autonomy in prenatal counseling as well as knowledge about the various emotional reactions which prenatal diagnosis and selective abortions evoke.https://www.sjdr.se/articles/448motheragencyprenatal diagnosisselective abortionaccount |
| spellingShingle | Katriina Koponen Kaisa Laaksonen Tanja Vehkakoski Simo Vehmas Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research mother agency prenatal diagnosis selective abortion account |
| title | Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts |
| title_full | Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts |
| title_fullStr | Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts |
| title_short | Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts |
| title_sort | parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies analysis of finnish women s accounts |
| topic | mother agency prenatal diagnosis selective abortion account |
| url | https://www.sjdr.se/articles/448 |
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