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11 röster om ett normativt komplext beslut - En komparativ socialpsykologisk analys av abort i Kenya och Sverige

Eriksson Frisk, Lisette LU (2011) SOPA63 20102
School of Social Work
Abstract
Through time a woman’s right to abortion has been an emotionally and morally issue all over the world. The ethical complexity of abortion questions affects individual, political, cultural and religious levels in communities. The purpose of this study was to achieve a deeper understanding of abortion contexts, and compare how abortion context appears in the Swedish and Kenyan communities from Kenyan doctors and young Kenyan woman’s perceptions, opinions and experience of abortion. The empirical material has been collected through two semi-structured group interviews, which have been analyzed from social psychological theoretical perspectives. The results showed that the interviews statements were reflected by social, cultural and religious... (More)
Through time a woman’s right to abortion has been an emotionally and morally issue all over the world. The ethical complexity of abortion questions affects individual, political, cultural and religious levels in communities. The purpose of this study was to achieve a deeper understanding of abortion contexts, and compare how abortion context appears in the Swedish and Kenyan communities from Kenyan doctors and young Kenyan woman’s perceptions, opinions and experience of abortion. The empirical material has been collected through two semi-structured group interviews, which have been analyzed from social psychological theoretical perspectives. The results showed that the interviews statements were reflected by social, cultural and religious norms and ideologies that affect the individual’s social interaction and behavioral processes. (Less)
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author
Eriksson Frisk, Lisette LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20102
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Key words: abortion, experiences, teenagers, young women, Africa, Kenya, culture, social psychology.
language
Swedish
additional info
Assessor Lars Harrysson
id
1852801
date added to LUP
2011-03-16 10:42:57
date last changed
2011-03-16 10:42:57
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  abstract     = {{Through time a woman’s right to abortion has been an emotionally and morally issue all over the world. The ethical complexity of abortion questions affects individual, political, cultural and religious levels in communities. The purpose of this study was to achieve a deeper understanding of abortion contexts, and compare how abortion context appears in the Swedish and Kenyan communities from Kenyan doctors and young Kenyan woman’s perceptions, opinions and experience of abortion. The empirical material has been collected through two semi-structured group interviews, which have been analyzed from social psychological theoretical perspectives. The results showed that the interviews statements were reflected by social, cultural and religious norms and ideologies that affect the individual’s social interaction and behavioral processes.}},
  author       = {{Eriksson Frisk, Lisette}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{11 röster om ett normativt komplext beslut - En komparativ socialpsykologisk analys av abort i Kenya och Sverige}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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