Visibilidades na pesquisa sobre aborto induzido no Brasil: Onde estão as palavras e as coisas

Abstract

The objective of this study was to understand quantitative aspects of the research dynamics on induced abortion in the country, given the problematic of the restrictive context of the law that makes it difficult to collect information. For this research, the volume of studies in the field of Social Sciences was quantitatively quantified, since previous studies have pointed to gaps in information about the social determinants of induced abortion. To reach the proposed objectives, a Scientometry of the theme was carried out. The survey was done in the database of Web - Science - All databases, available on the Capes Portal, using the terms "abortion" and "pregnancy interrupt", with a string* to cover the variations, in the 1945 - 2015 timeframe. As a result of the search, we obtained 605 articles on the subject of abortion in Brazil, of which 189 (31%) were pertinent to the purposes of this study because they dealt with the topic of induced abortion. Of these, 6 (3.1%) were indexed with descriptors of the field of Social Sciences and were the target of reading the abstracts to identify the approaches. The analysis of the results also showed that the topic of induced abortion is still poorly researched and that 83% of all relevant articles (189) were indexed with descriptors of the field of Medical Sciences and Public Health, revealing that these are the views on the subject which prevail in the scientific area.