Ethics of consent and choice in prenatal screening /

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"Increasingly, notions of individual autonomy, personal 'choice' and preference have become woven into our reproductive expectations. With respect to prenatal screening, the choices sought, offered or denied are shaped and interpreted through a range of social, personal, institutional...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Milligan, Eleanor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
Subjects:
Prenatal diagnosis.
Prenatal diagnosis > Moral and ethical aspects.
Prenatal Diagnosis > ethics
Abortion, Eugenic > ethics
Genetic Testing > ethics
Prenatal Diagnosis
Diagnostics prénatals.
Diagnostics prénatals > Aspect moral.
MEDICAL > Gastroenterology.
Prenatal diagnosis
Prenatal diagnosis > Moral and ethical aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Consent, choice and the context of prenatal screening
  • An ethical orientation
  • Prenatal screening: the technical lens
  • Consent and choice: philosophical constraints
  • Consent and choice: institutional constraints
  • Consent and choice: social constraints
  • Consent and choice: personal constraints
  • Informed consent and patient education in clinical care
  • Transforming practice.

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