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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Main Author: Swartz, Martha (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1992
In: 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.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100000086