Obstetricians and the rights of pregnant women

Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Minkoff, Howard ^a   Paltrow, Lynn M ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b National Advocates for Pregnant Women   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Court ordered cesarean section; Pregnancy; Rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FETAL WELL BEING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PUNISHMENT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 34248674955     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.3.3.315     Document Type: Article

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