Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

This 2001 book 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 (the 'designer baby') * difference - to what extent should the clinician respect the tenets of other faiths in a multicultural society, even when the doctor believes requested interventions or non-interventions to be morally wrong? The aim throughout is to unite analytic philosophy and actual practice. This is an important text not only for clinicians involved in human reproduction, but also philosophers and lawyers.

ISBN 0521664748   Pages 366 ISBN13 9780521664745 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 540 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Paperback   Height (mm) 228 Publication date 07 Feb 2002   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress RG133.5 .E8395 2002   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 174.2   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		List of contributors
		Acknowledgements
1		Introduction: recent debates in maternal-fetal medicine - what are the ethical questions? by Donna L. Dickenson		1
2		Overview: a framework for reproductive ethics by Carson Strong		17
I		Generic Issues in Pregnancy		37
3		Multicultural issues in maternal-fetal medicine by Sirkku Kristiina Hellsten		39
4		HIV in pregnancy: ethical issues in screening and therapeutic research by Paquita de Zulueta		61
5		Genetic screening: should parents seek to perfect their children genetically? by Rosemarie Tong		87
6		Is there a duty not to reproduce? by Jean McHale		101
7		Between fathers and fetuses: the social construction of male reproduction and the politics of fetal harm by Cynthia R. Daniels		113
8		Restricting the freedom of pregnant women by Susan Bewley		131
II		Inception of Pregnancy: New Reproductive Technologies		147
9		Ethical issues in embryo interventions and cloning by Francoise Shenfield		149
10		A case-study in IVF: paternalism and autonomy in a 'high-risk' pregnancy by Gillian M. Lockwood		161
11		The ethics of secrecy in donor insemination by Heather Widdows		167
III		First and Second Trimester		181
12		Ethical and social aspects of evaluating fetal screening by Elina Hemminki		183
13		Prenatal counselling and images of disability by Priscilla Alderson		195
14		Models of motherhood in the abortion debate: self-sacrifice versus self-defence by Eileen McDonagh		213
15		Who owns embryonic and fetal tissue? by Donna L. Dickenson		233
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'Donna Dickenson has written a skillful overview ... a valuable contribution to a continuing discussion.' Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine '... an important new text, not only for clinicians working in the field of human reproduction, but also for philosophers, ethicists and lawyers. Each chapter provides a thought-provoking essay on a contemporary issue relating to reproductive medicine that could well constitute the course work of a medical ethics major.' Journal of Paediatric Child Health 'Some useful insights into this increasingly important area of our clinical practice can be gained from this book ... This book would be a useful addition to your obstetric and gynaecology department's library. Subspecialists in maternal-fetal medicine and reproductive medicine would find the content of particular interest and should steer their trainees in this book's direction.' The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

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