Bioethics and adolescence: moral conflicts in the prescription of contraceptives to Japanese mothers or descendants living in Brazil

• Grant number: 11/19999-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): December 01, 2011
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone Zoboli
• Grantee: Danielle Yuri Takauti Saito
• Host Institution: Escola de Enfermagem (EE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We can know the idea of Japanese mothers about the attitude of health professionals toward the adolescent's request for prescription contraceptives without their parents knowing, and the perceptions of Japanese mothers about individual privacy within the family.(AU)