What is obstetric ethics?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 331-341

  McCullough, Laurence B ^a   Chervenak, Frank A ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

AUTONOMY; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CONSENSUS; FETAL THERAPY; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LAW; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; VIABILITY;

BENEFICENCE; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0028821771     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpme.1995.23.5.331     Document Type: Review

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