A vivência de mulheres em situação de abortamento na assistência de saúde

Abstract

This research is a descriptive study about the experience of women undergoing abortion assisted at the UFRJ Maternity School. It is characterized as a research with a qualitative approach, which uses the methodology phenomenological perspective within the Merleau-Pontyan view, in order to understand the multiple meanings attributed to this particular experience. The high number in the abortion, spontaneous or induced, shows the importance of the topic today, as well as the need for reflection on the part of health professionals who work with these women, even before conception and after the entire process. THE From the reports, it was possible to understand that the experience of abortion in the life of a woman can leave marks of important and timeless psychic suffering, related to the process of seeking care, feelings of fear and helplessness, in addition to being hospitalized in a maternity hospital, which generates a distressing confrontation with her loss, in the presence of mothers and babies. Such cases show that only technical care is not sufficient, requiring care that includes the possibility of reception and space to express their feelings.