Pregnant Woman vs. Fetus: A Dilemma for Hospital Ethics Committees
Hospital ehtics committees are often consulted when cmopeting patient interests blur an otherwise clear course of medical treatment. Nowhere is the potential for competing interests greater than in the field of abosterics, wherer obstetricians have traditionally viewed themselves as having two patie...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1992
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1992, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-62 |
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| Summary: | Hospital ehtics committees are often consulted when cmopeting patient interests blur an otherwise clear course of medical treatment. Nowhere is the potential for competing interests greater than in the field of abosterics, wherer obstetricians have traditionally viewed themselves as having two patients: the pregnant woman and the fetus. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100000086 |