Multiple pregnancy: Legal and ethical issues

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-274

  Dickens, Bernard M ^a   Cook, Rebecca J ^a  

^a at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics of fetal reduction; ; Fetal reduction; ; Legal liability in multiple pregnancy; ; Multiple pregnancy; ; Single embryo transfer; ; Twin pregnancy; ; Wrongful birth

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 55949133690     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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