The fetus, the "potential child," and the ethical obligations of obstetricians

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1100-1103

  Minkoff, Howard ^a   Marshall, Mary Faith ^a   Liaschenko, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICIAN; OFFENDER; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; ETHICS; FEMALE; FETUS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84900427351     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000225     Document Type: Review

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