Quality of care in abortion in the era of technological and medical advancements and self-care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discussions around quality of abortion care have been focused mainly on service-delivery aspects inside healthcare facilities. More recently, with availability of medical abortion (MA), increase in its self-use, and emergence of other delivery platforms such as telemedicine, the responsibility of quality care has broadened to actors outside of facilities.

Body of text

This commentary discusses the meaning of quality of abortion care with the paradigm shift brought by medical and technological advancement in abortions, and raises questions on the role of the state in ensuring quality in abortion management-especially in settings where abortion is decriminalized, but also in countries where abortion is permitted under certain circumstances. It consolidates the exper

SUBMITTER: Shukla A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9479303 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature