Preventing Prenatal Harm: Should the State Intervene? (1991) (Clinical Medical Ethics #3)
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- Synopsis
- The issues explored in this book have unfortunately come to be known as 'maternal-fetal conflicts'. The phrase is unsatisfactory because it is misleading: It places the emphasis on the well-being of the fetus instead of on the born child (who will bear the burden of any harm done prenatally); it assumes a conflict between a pregnant women and her offspring (while the issue is usually more complex and more broadly based); and it incorrectly implies that all pregnant women are appropriately regarded as mothers. For these reasons, I have chosen to avoid the phrase 'matern- fetal conflict' altogether, and will instead speak in terms of 'preventable prenatal harm'. I mention this at the outset, for those of you familiar with 'maternal-fetal conflicts' who might be wondering if I am addressing the same issues. Yes. But I am trying to look at them in a new - and I hope more fruitful - way. I would like to thank the other participants in the Hastings Center's maternal-fetal project - especially those who disageed with me - for being so thought-provoking. And I owe a lasting debt of gratitude to Henry Ruth and Allen Buchanan for their invaluable counsel.
- Copyright:
- 1991
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- Book Size:
- 208 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780585271811
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780792309840
- Publisher:
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Addition:
- 12/13/20
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- Language:
- English
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- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy
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