Book contents
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 2 Pedagogy of Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 3 Professionally Responsible Clinical Practice
- Chapter 7 Prevention of Pregnancy
- Chapter 8 Initiation of Pregnancy
- Chapter 9 Induced Abortion and Feticide
- Chapter 10 Fetal Analysis
- Chapter 11 Periviability
- Chapter 12 Intrapartum Management
- Chapter 13 The Perfect Baby
- Chapter 14 Cancer and Pregnancy
- Chapter 15 Setting Ethically Justified Limits on Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Section 4 Professionally Responsible Leadership
- Section 5 Professionally Responsible Innovation and Research
- Section 6 Professionally Responsible Health Policy and Advocacy
- Glossary of Key Concepts
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Induced Abortion and Feticide
from Section 3 - Professionally Responsible Clinical Practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
Book contents
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 2 Pedagogy of Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 3 Professionally Responsible Clinical Practice
- Chapter 7 Prevention of Pregnancy
- Chapter 8 Initiation of Pregnancy
- Chapter 9 Induced Abortion and Feticide
- Chapter 10 Fetal Analysis
- Chapter 11 Periviability
- Chapter 12 Intrapartum Management
- Chapter 13 The Perfect Baby
- Chapter 14 Cancer and Pregnancy
- Chapter 15 Setting Ethically Justified Limits on Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Section 4 Professionally Responsible Leadership
- Section 5 Professionally Responsible Innovation and Research
- Section 6 Professionally Responsible Health Policy and Advocacy
- Glossary of Key Concepts
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter provides an ethical framework for offering, recommending, performing, and referring for induced abortion and feticide.
Counseling pregnant women about induced abortion and feticide presents the obstetrician with a distinct set of challenges., The American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have provided general guidance. Based on the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy in professional ethics in obstetrics and gynecology (see Chapter 2), this chapter provides practical, clinically comprehensive ethical guidance on when to offer, recommend, perform, and refer for abortion and feticide.
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- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology , pp. 123 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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