Metastatic unknown primary tumour presenting in pregnancy: A rarity posing an ethical dilemma

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 442-443

  Patni, Shalini ^a   Wagstaff, John ^b   Tafazzal, Nasima ^c   Bonduelle, Myriam ^c   Moselhi, Marsham ^c   Kevelighan, Evan ^c   Edwards, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BENEFICENCE; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BENEFICENCE; CESAREAN SECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34547798629     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.017285     Document Type: Article

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