The Maternal-Fetal Dyad: Exploring the Two-Patient Obstetric Model

For ages, medicine has had poor access to the fetus inside the mother's womb. But in relatively recent years, the human body has become transparent. The latest breakthroughs of technology have made it possible, from the very beginning of pregnancy, to consider the fetus as an individual who can...

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Autor principal: Mattingly, Susan S. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 1992
En: The Hastings Center report
Año: 1992, Volumen: 22, Número: 1, Páginas: 13-18
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:For ages, medicine has had poor access to the fetus inside the mother's womb. But in relatively recent years, the human body has become transparent. The latest breakthroughs of technology have made it possible, from the very beginning of pregnancy, to consider the fetus as an individual who can be examined and sampled. His or her physician may now establish a diagnosis and prognosis and prescribe a treatment in the same way as in traditional medicine.
ISSN:1552-146X
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3562716