The fetus as a patient: An essential ethical concept for maternal-fetal medicine

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-119

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

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficence; Ethics; Fetal patient; Respect for autonomy

Indexed keywords

CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; ETHICS; FETUS CONTROL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUTONOMY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; FETAL THERAPY; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREMATURITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SELECTIVE ABORTION; VIABILITY;

BENEFICENCE; COUNSELING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0029900007     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059609025409     Document Type: Article

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