A crash in the later course of the pregnancy is in the various clinics of Switzerland are very different. The National ethics Commission in human medicine (NEK) intends to unify this practice with your latest recommendations.
Switzerland has one of the lowest abortion rates in the world. The proportion of crashes in the far-advanced pregnancy, from the 17. Week of pregnancy or later, is a year at about 1.4 percent. Of these, about 150 crashes per year are carried out for the most part in the centre’s hospitals in Switzerland, as an extensive NEK-see report.
Far away from Standards
Legally, such a crash in Switzerland remains unpunished, if there is a medical or social-medical indication is present. Up to what point and in what situations abortions later in pregnancy are performed, differs in Switzerland, according to the NEK from clinic to clinic. Individual clinics performed a disproportionately large number of such interventions. Depending on the Region, the access to abortions was more difficult.
The NEK, the birth represented a legal turning point, with the help of a child’s legal personality attain. A child to come to a crash with signs of life to the world, how this is done in the Swiss neonatology departments every year, about 25 times the duty of the Doctors, therefore, is to provide for the child, regardless of his presumed life expectancy, medical and nursing care, comprehensive. A crash in the later course of pregnancy is carried out in Switzerland, usually through a medication-bearing birth initiated. In addition, the possibility of a Fetozids (killing and removal of a fetus in the womb).
The NEK recommends that the relevant professional societies to ensure the transparent exchange of information and experience in the whole of Switzerland. By the Definition of procedural standards is to be encouraged a standardization of the practice. In addition, guidelines should be created for the indications. The cantonal health authorities should, before safe according to NEK, that is a crash possible in the advanced pregnancy and the quality of care before, during and after the demolition everywhere equivalent. Thus, a large concentration of cases in certain hospitals or extra-cantonal treatment could be avoided.
The ethics Commission notes that the needs, attitudes and values of the professionals would need to be taken into account. Their freedom of conscience should be ensured in the framework of the applicable Law.
abortion in advanced pregnancy for the woman, the Couple and the people involved in a particular strain, writes the NEK. It recommends a sensitive, continuous, and timely onset of the accompaniment of the woman concerned or the couple. Women need to be informed about all your options, including Alternatives to the demolition.
farewell ritual for stillbirth
The ethics Commission also encourages to support women and couples who have had to terminate a desired pregnancy, in their individual grieving process. Specifically, should it be possible for you to be able to in the clinic, a farewell ritual to witness. On request religious should be anchored ceremonial elements of grief counseling available. (sda)
Created: 28.02.2019, 18:08 PM
