Ethical issues in the management of pregnancies complicated by fetal anomalies. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Ethics is an essential dimension of the clinical management of pregnancies complicated by fetal anomalies. Utilizing the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy, this review first sets out the ethical concept of the fetus as a patient. This concept provides the basis for a comprehensive approach to ethical issues in the management of pregnancies complicated by fetal anomalies. Practical, ethically justified guidance is given for the physician's role in counseling pregnant women about aggressive management, termination of pregnancy, selective termination of multifetal pregnancies, nonaggressive management, cephalocentesis, and fetal research.

publication date

  • July 1, 2003

Research

keywords

  • Congenital Abnormalities
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Fetus
  • Obstetrics

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0038729657

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/01.OGX.0000071485.75220.AE

PubMed ID

  • 12832939

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 58

issue

  • 7