Legal and ethical considerations in meconium testing for fetal exposure to alcohol

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Dickens, Bernard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethics; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Legal duties; Meconium; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEGAL ASPECT; MECONIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER; NEWBORN PERIOD; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STIGMA; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84856169244     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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