Risk and choice in childbirth: Problems of evidence and ethics?

What ought to be the limits to maternal autonomy and choice when it comes to childbirth? And what risks are ethically acceptable, given that the life and health of both the baby and mother are sometimes at stake? These questions run through a number of articles in this month's issue. These arti...

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Main Author: Quigley, Muireann (Author)
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2014
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 40, Issue: 12, Pages: 791
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