D. Mathieu, E. Haavi Morreim

Preventing Prenatal Harm

Should the State Intervene?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Clinical Medical Ethics 3
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-017-3745-6
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 210mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9789401737456
• ISBN-10: 9401737452
• Artikelnr.: 39562705

Inhaltsangabe

Arguments in Favor of Coercing a Pregnant Woman to Act in the Interests of her Future Child.- Arguments against Legally Requiring a Pregnant Woman to Act in the Interests of her Future Child.- Practical Applications.