Ethical issues in fetal surgery research

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-230

  Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Birnbach, David J ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Fetal research; Fetal surgery; Fetus as a patient

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS RISK; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 3242659838     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2003.10.001     Document Type: Review

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