{"product_id":"the-fetus-as-a-patient-dagmar-schmitz-9781138047488","title":"The Fetus as a Patient: A Contested Concept and its Normative Implications","description":"\u003cp\u003eDue to new developments in prenatal testing and therapy the fetus is increasingly visible, examinable and treatable in prenatal care. Accordingly, physicians tend to perceive the fetus as a patient and understand themselves as having certain professional duties towards it. However, it is far from clear what it means to speak of a patient in this connection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the usefulness and limitations of the concept of 'fetal patient' against the background of the recent seminal developments in prenatal or fetal medicine. It does so from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Featuring internationally recognized experts in the field, the book discusses the normative implications of the concept of 'fetal patient' from a philosophical-theoretical as well as from a legal perspective. This includes its implications for the autonomy of the pregnant woman as well as its consequences for physician-patient-interactions in prenatal medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dagmar Schmitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138047481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138047488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Dagmar Schmitz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478578487551,"sku":"9781138047488","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b863dd8-a22f-417d-8f07-b4128a828d43.jpg?v=1715935388","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fetus-as-a-patient-dagmar-schmitz-9781138047488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}