{"id":1635,"date":"2012-06-19T20:13:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T20:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/parentingculturestudies\/?page_id=1635"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:19:34","slug":"abortion-research-by-cpcs-associates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/parentingculturestudies\/research-themes\/pregnancy\/abortion-research-by-cpcs-associates\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion research by CPCS Associates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abortion doctors, professional identity and the law<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This piece of research was based on a detailed interview study with 14 doctors who had spent at least a decade working as abortion providers. It was led by Ellie Lee, working with Jan Macvarish and Sally Sheldon, all of the University of Kent.<\/p>\n

The aims of the project were:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. To make a contribution to discussion of abortion provision, in the context of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act in 2017.<\/li>\n
  2. To develop methodology and tools for a larger scale study about the work of, and issues confronting, abortion providers.<\/li>\n
  3. To develop sociological analysis of professional identity through this (and future) work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read more on background to the research<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Preliminary Findings<\/a> (PDF)
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    \u2018The 1967 Abortion Act fifty years on: Abortion, medical authority and the law revisited<\/a>\u2019, by Lee, Sheldon and Macvarish (journal article, Social Science and Medicine)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Dissemination event: Thursday 29 June 2017<\/h2>\n