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Medical students’ attitudes to abortion: a comparison between Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Oslo
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  • Published on: 19 June 2009
    Students' attitudes towards abortion are not comparable
    • Souhail Alouini, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, M.D., Ph.D .
    • Other Contributors:
      • Goda Venslauskaite, Christian Hervé

    Rosie Steele (1) reports that medical students without religious affiliation of Oslo and Belfast universities are mainly pro-choice. However, it is surprising that 48% of Norwegian students do not have religious affiliation, whereas only 4.7% of Irish students do not have it. Why was the rate of religious affiliation approximately ten times superior in Irish students' group than in the Norwegian one? An explanation needs to b...

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