@article{59cee06936204b4f951bd93120f59a6b,
title = "FETAL HICCUPS AND FETAL MOVEMENT",
author = "Harris, {P. F.} and Bagnali, {K. M.} and M. Mahon and Scott, {E. M.}",
note = "Funding Information: SiR,-After your Note (Aug. 13. p. 366) which outlined the D.H.S.S. circular to area health authorities about wider provi-sion of abortion counselling, some of your readers may care to know that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service has recently made generally available its own highly developed counsellor training courses B.P.A.S. pioneered pregnancy counselling and now has 92 years{\textquoteright} experience of this specialised work, during which it has seen more than 125 000 women worried about an unplanned pregnancy. This experience has reinforced B.P.A.S.{\textquoteright}s early strong belief that the first need of an unhappily pregnant woman is for a trained, sympathetic, informed, non-biased, and non-judg- mental ear. The D.H.S.S. circular, which echoes much of B.P.A.S.{\textquoteright}s philosophy, indicates that-as with family plan- ning-what was initiated and developed on a voluntary basis by concerned private individuals later becomes an accepted part of professional and official thinking. Although the D.H.S.S. is {"}prepared to consider appli- cations{"} for funding for training projects for this work, some individuals or non-statutory bodies may like to consider using",
year = "1977",
month = sep,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(77)90697-3",
language = "English",
volume = "310",
pages = "560--561",
journal = "The Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "8037",
}