Citation

Muñoz P, Parrini J, Dresdner R, Jiménez M. Rev. Med. Chile 2021; 149(5): 758-764.

Vernacular Title

Dilemas clínicos en la constitución de la tercera causal de la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Sociedad Medica De Santiago)

DOI

10.4067/s0034-98872021000500758

PMID

34751329

Abstract

Since 2017, women in Chile are allowed to interrupt voluntarily a pregnancy on three grounds: 1) When a woman's life is at risk due to the pregnancy, 2) When there are fetal anomalies incompatible with life, or 3) When pregnancy is result of rape. Women who qualify for any of these three pregnancy interruption requirements are entitled to a psychosocial accompaniment program to promote an integrative approach. In this article we will discuss the role of the psychosocial team in cases of rape resulting pregnancy. Specifically, the clinical and ethical dilemmas posed by the need to certify the rape in a general hospital such as difficulties in assessment of the story's plausibility, clinician's dual role and the limits to confidentiality, are discussed.

Language: es

Keywords

Humans; Female; Pregnancy; *Abortion, Induced; *Rape; Chile