Paediatrics-based fetal care: Unanswered ethical questions

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1617-1619

  Brown, Stephen D ^a   Lyerly, Anne D ^b   Little, Margaret O ^c   Lantos, John D ^d,e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Practical Bioethics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Fetus; Perinatal care; Pregnancy; Professional attitudes

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PEDIATRICS; PERINATOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 55649118452     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01070.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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