Legal and Ethical Issues in Evaluating Abortion Services

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12470495
AutoresLorraine E Ferris (0000-0003-0754-2948, University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen21
Número3
Páginas329-340
Fecha de publicación2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/109821400002100304
OpenAlexW4236526761
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas5

When evaluation studies are conducted in a sensitive area, ethical and legal implications are bound to challenge evaluators. All too often, evaluators must deal with competing responsibilities in evaluating these programs or services. This article focuses on several ethical and legal issues that arose during an evaluation of abortion services. We discuss how we developed decision rules and considered trade-offs in dealing with these ethical and legal issues so that rational and objective decisions could be reached. We place this discussion within the context of balancing the utility and propriety evaluation standards with respect to obtaining true informed consent and protecting the privacy and confidentiality of data when evaluating abortion services. The article concludes with recommendations concerning the evaluation of abortion services

Abortion · Business · Confidentiality · Context (archaeology · Engineering ethics · Ethical issues · Internet privacy · Legal service · Political science · Public relations · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law