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The Fetus as a Patient : A Contested Concept and its Normative Implications /

"Due 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 f...

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Other Authors: Clarke, Angus, (Editor), Dondorp, Wybo, (Editor), Schmitz, Dagmar, (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
Subjects:
Children > Health and hygiene.
Gynecology.
Medical care > Law and legislation.
Medical ethics.
Medical laws and legislation.
Neonatology.
Obstetrics.
Pediatrics.
Perinatology.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Legal Aspects of Medicine
Medical & Healthcare Law
Medical Ethics
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health
Pediatrics & Child Health
Perinatal & Neonatal Medicine
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Table of Contents:
  • part, I Introduction
  • chapter 1 The fetus as a patient: a sustainable approach for clinical interactions in the field of new prenatal medicine? /
  • Dagmar Schmitz Angus Clarke Wybo Dondorp
  • part, II The fetus as a patient: a useful concept?
  • chapter 2 The disposable and protected fetus: contradictions in fetal status /
  • Lucy Frith
  • chapter 3 Which ethics for the fetus as patient? /
  • Claudia Wiesemann
  • chapter 4 The ethical concept of the fetus as a patient: responses to its critics /
  • Laurence B. McCollough Frank A. Chervenak
  • chapter 5 Treating the fetus as a patient: possible implications for its moral status /
  • Katrin E. Lörch-Merkle
  • part, III The fetus as a patient: where does that leave the pregnant woman?
  • chapter 6 Insights from a perspective of cultural anthropology: a discourse analyses of representations of (genetic) reproductive medicine and the fetus in popular media /
  • Janina Krause
  • chapter 7 The fetus as a patient: professional and patient discourse /
  • Heather Strange
  • chapter 8 Means, ends, and the fetal patient /
  • Anna Smajdor
  • chapter 9 Caring for pregnant cancer patients /
  • Alma Linkeviciute
  • part, IV The fetus as a patient: challenges for clinical care pathways and interactions
  • chapter 10 Treatments and trials for the fetal patient: imposing the burdens of enthusiasm? /
  • Angus Clarke
  • chapter 11 Ethics of involving pregnant women in fetal therapy trials /
  • E.J. (Joanne) Verweij
  • chapter 12 The 'normalization' of prenatal screening: prevention as prenatal beneficence /
  • Wybo Dondorp Guido de Wert
  • chapter 13 Beyond the fetal patient: the ethics of fetal treatment for Down syndrome /
  • Guido de Wert Wybo Dondorp
  • chapter 14 Prenatal therapy for differences of sexual development (DSD): fuzzy boundaries in the clinical discussion and the ethical debate /
  • Mathias Wirth Marc-Antoine Marquis
  • chapter 15 Perinatal palliative care as an option in prenatally diagnosed severe, life-limiting conditions of the fetus /
  • Kathrin Knochel Franziska Flaig Julia D. Lotz Monika Führer
  • part, V The fetus as a patient: legal perspective
  • chapter 16 The legal status of the fetus as a patient in Europe /
  • Atina Krajewska Dimitrios Tsarapatsanis.

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