Ethical challenges of decision making with pregnant patients who have schizophrenia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 696-702

  McCullough, Laurence B ^a   Coverdale, John H ^a,b   Chervenak, Frank A ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted decision making; Chronically and variably impaired autonomy; Ethics; Pregnancy; Schizophrenia; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0036739357     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.125767     Document Type: Article

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