Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521662666)

This volume brings together an unusually broad range of experts from reproductive medicine, medical ethics, and law to address the important ethical problems in maternal-fetal medicine which impact directly on clinical practice. The book is divided into parts by the stages of pregnancy, within which the authors cover four main areas: the balance of power in the doctor-patient relationship and the justifiable limits of paternalism and autonomy; the impact of new technologies and new diseases; disability and enhancement; and difference--to what extent should the clinician respect the tenets of other faiths in a multicultural society.

Author: Donna L. Dickenson
ISBN-10: 0521662664
ISBN-13: 9780521662666
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2002
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.10w x 0.85d