Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Dickenson 9780521664745 New<|

Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal MedicineAuthor(s): Donna L. Dickenson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521664745, 978-0521664745\nSynopsis\nThis 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 thro.