Having Babies at Home: Is It Safe? Is It Ethical?
Home births entail a definite small risk, of unknown magnitude. Hospital births entail a wider range of risks, whose magnitude may be large but is also unknown. The morality of home births should be decided on a case-by-case basis, according to these priorities: safety of the mother, safety of the f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1985
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| In: |
The Hastings Center report
Year: 1985, Volume: 15, Issue: 6, Pages: 19-27 |
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| Summary: | Home births entail a definite small risk, of unknown magnitude. Hospital births entail a wider range of risks, whose magnitude may be large but is also unknown. The morality of home births should be decided on a case-by-case basis, according to these priorities: safety of the mother, safety of the fetus, benefit to the fetus, potential benefit to the mother. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-146X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3563065 |
