Joint ARHP/BSACP Webinar on ‘Stigma and Abortion Provision’ on Thursday 15 March 2018

The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) and the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) are jointly producing a series of webinars that focus on issues facing abortion care providers in the UK and the USA.

The next webinar in the series is on ‘Stigma and Abortion Provision’ and will be given by Lisa Harris, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Dr Lisa Harris is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Studies at University of Michigan. Her research examines issues at the intersection of clinical obstetrical and gynaecological care and law, policy, politics, ethics, history, and sociology. She conducts interdisciplinary, mixed methods research on many issues along the reproductive justice continuum, including abortion, miscarriage, contraception, in vitro fertilisation (IVF), infertility and birth, and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to reproductive health resources.

The learning objectives for this webinar are to:
1 Define stigma
2 Identify sources of stigma and their impact on providers
3 Describe how stigma impacts patient safety
4 Discuss a model for managing the stigma of abortion care

Webinar release date: Thursday 15 March 2018, 1.30pm EST/6.30pm GMT

This webinar is free to attend for BSACP members.

Registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3270367981844374275