Does pregnancy affect medical ethical decision making?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 409-413

  Hammerman, Cathy ^a   Lavie, Ofer ^a,b   Kornbluth, Eti ^a,b   Rabinson, Jakob ^a,b   Schimmel, Michael S ^a   Eidelman, Arthur I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Hebrew Univ Hadassah Medical School ^*

Author keywords

Critically ill neonates; Down's syndrome; Expectant mothers; Malformed neonates; Medical ethics; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRISOMY;

EID: 0031732537     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.6.409     Document Type: Article

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