“Ethics surrounding the provision of abortion care”
The provision of abortion care represents a great ethical challenge to physicians, particularly in countries where the law states that abortion is a crime. The concept that it is a…
Ethical issues in infertility
Infertility is a global medico-socio-cultural problem with gender-based suffering particularly in developing countries. Conventional methods of treatment for infertility do not usually raise ethical concerns. However, assisted reproductive technology (ART)…
Maternal Decision-making During Pregnancy: Parental Obligations and Cultural Differences
Decision-making during pregnancy can be ethically complex. This paper offers a framework for maternal decision-making and clinical counseling that can be used to approach such decisions in a systematic way….
Ethical dimensions of the fetus as a patient
In this chapter, we present an account of the ethical concept of the fetus as a patient to guide clinical judgment and decision-making in the obstetrician–patient relationship. We explicate this…
