The fetus as a patient: a contested concept and its normative implications

by Clarke, Angus Dondorp, Wybo J. Schmitz, Dagmar

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"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 from clear what it means to speak of a patient in this connection." --

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Full title :The fetus as a patient : a contested concept and its normative implications / edited by Dagmar Schmitz, Angus Clarke and Wybo Dondorp.

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Publication Date:©2018

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Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

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Description:ix, 213 pages ; : 25 cm.

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ISBN:9781138047488, 1138047481, 0367591375, 9780367591373
oclc:on1012667177
LC Classification:RG626
Dewey Decimal:618.3/2

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Ethics, Medical Éthique médicale Fetal Diseases Fetus Fetus -- Diseases Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc Fœtus -- Maladies Medical ethics MEDIZINISCHE ETHIK Patient Pränatale Entwicklung Pränatale Medizin Rechtsstellung