Legal and Ethical Issues in Evaluating Abortion Services

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12470495
AutoresLorraine E Ferris (0000-0003-0754-2948, University of Toronto, autor correspondente)
Ano2000
Volume21
Fascículo3
Páginas329-340
Data de publicação2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/109821400002100304
OpenAlexW4236526761
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências 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