The Status of Pregnant Women and Fetuses in US Criminal Law

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1697-1699

  Harris, Lisa H ^a   Paltrow, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b National Advocates for Pregnant Women   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037414224     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.13.1697     Document Type: Review

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