Informed Consent

• Autores: Laurence B. McCullough, Frank A. Chervenak
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 34, Nº. 2, 2007, págs. 275-285
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Informed consent is an essential component of the practice of perinatal medicine because, as a process of communication and decision making, it should shape the relationship between the physician and pregnant woman and between the physician and the parents of a newborn child. This artcle provides an account of the physician's obligations in the informed consent process in terms of ethics and law.