Preconception care: A parenting protocol. A moral inquiry into the responsibilities of future parents towards their future children

Bioethics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 451-457

  van der Zee, Boukje ^a   de Beaufort, Inez ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Future children; Future parents; Moral responsibility; Parenting protocols; Preconception care; Preventing harm; Risk responsibilty analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80053003128     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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