Is paternalism alive and well in obstetric ultrasound? Helping couples choose their children

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-216

  De Crespigny, L ^a,c   Savulescu, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Melbourne Ultrasound for Women Hampton   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANEUPLOIDY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENDER; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY TEST; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SELECTIVE ABORTION; TRISOMY 18;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036379703     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00807_1.x     Document Type: Editorial

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