Description
Book SynopsisThe book is for women who are considering whether to have an abortion, women who have had an abortion and want to do more thinking about it, and relatives, mates, lovers, friends, and health professionals who want to help the women they care for make the best possible choices for themselves.
Trade ReviewEvery primary care physician; high school, college, and pastoral care counselor; and psychiatrist who works with women and families should have at least 2 copies of this book—1 for themselves and 1 to lend to the person who seeks their guidance as they struggle through the decision of abortion. Stotland's book is very readable and refreshing in it clarity and lack of condescension to lay readers who want credible responses and information about abortion they can mull over without feeling judged.
* Journal of Clinical Psychiatry *
Abortion: Facts and Feelings is an up-to-date, practical guide for the woman who is making a decision about how to handle a problem pregnancy. . . . [T]his is a simply written, well-organized, and factually correct resource book. . . . Abortion: Facts and Feelings is equally useful for health care professionals, both those who do abortion counseling and those who give general medical or psychological care to women.
* News For Women In Psychiatry *
This is one of the few books on the market that helps a woman in her decision about abortion in a factual manner without neglecting the powerful and often conflicting emotions often accompanying such a decision. This book would also do well in a library reference section or a clinician's reference library of books perhaps loaned to the appropriate client.
* Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal *
Highly recommended for any library. The resource directory would be useful in a reference section although it would also be useful to circulate.
* E-Streams *
[A] comprehensive resource directory of organizations that provide information about the following: general information, financial assistance, informative reading, legal help, racial and ethical help, adoption choices, domestic violence, and mental health . . . This volume will prepare the reader, whether it is the woman making her choice, the father, the family, friends or the professional counselor, to take the thoughtful approach to unplanned pregnancies.
* Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic *
Table of ContentsWhy this book? For Women. Problem pregnancy: approaching a decision. Why do we feel the way we do about abortion?. Facts and figures about abortion, birth, and adoption. State and national abortion laws and regulations. Abortion procedures. Religion, ethics, and values. Making the decision. Making the arrangements. After an abortion. And the People Who Care About Them. Men and abortion. Parents, other relatives, and friends. For the professional counselor. Resource directory. References.
