THE ARCHITECT AND THE BEE: SOME REFLECTIONS ON POSTMORTEM PREGNANCY

Do physicians have a duty to sustain the pregnancies of women who die during the first or second trimester? Physicians cannot simply assume that the woman would have wished the pregnancy to continue, nor (in the U. S., at any rate) is it clear that the state has any interest in fetal life before via...

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Main Author: Nelson, Hilde Lindemann (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1994
In: Bioethics
Year: 1994, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-267
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