The Professional Responsibility Model of Perinatal Ethics

Frank A. Chervenak; Laurence B. McCullough

Published by De Gruyter 2014

The Professional Responsibility Model of Perinatal Ethics

Frank A. Chervenak and Laurence B. McCullough

Volume 2 in the series Hot Topics in Perinatal Medicine

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110316728

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About this book

New series

This book provides the first clinically comprehensive and practical approach to ethical challenges in perinatal medicine. The first chapter introduces and explains the professional responsibility model of perinatal ethics. The professional responsibility model is based on the medical ethics of two major physician-ethics in the history of Western medical ethics, Dr. John Gregory (1724-1773) of Scotland and Dr. Thomas Percival (1740-1804) of England. The professional responsibility model is used to articulate the ethical concept of the fetus as a patient and to operationalize the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy. The book provides practical guidance for clinical judgment and decision making with patients about the responsible clinical management of the wide range of issues encountered by perinatologists in clinical practice and research. Topics included: periviability; feticide; intrapartum management; maternal-fetal conflict; innovation for fetal benefit; research for fetal benefit; non-aggressive obstetric management; managing the transition from pregnancy to birth; destructive procedures such as cephalocentesis; critical care for the pregnant patient; home birth; patient-choice cesarean delivery; neonatal care as a trial of management; and setting limits on neonatal care on the basis of clinical judgments of futility.

succinct, clinically grounded ethical analysis and practical guidance for clinical judgment and decision making
includes a decision algorithm for just-in-time reference

Author / Editor information

Frank A. Chervenak, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA; Laurence B. McCullough, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

Supplementary Materials

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. The professional responsibility model of perinatal ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Induced abortion and feticide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. Periviability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
4. Intrapartum management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
5. Planned home birth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
6. Pregnant patients with mental disorders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
7. Neonatal management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
8. Perinatal innovation and research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
9. Women and children first: Advocacy in perinatal medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
10. Critically appraising the literature of perinatal ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
11. Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Obstetricians, Gynecologists, Neonatologists, Pediatricians, Midwives; Trainees in Perinatal Medicine and in post-graduate Courses; Ethics Departments and Commissions; Academic Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 135
Illustrations
- Tables: 6
Keywords: Perinatal ethics; professional responsibility; fetus as a patient; clinical research

eBook

Published: September 12, 2014
ISBN: 9783110316728

Hardcover

Published: August 19, 2014
ISBN: 9783110316605