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Ethical consideration of maternal participation in clinical research
F A Chervenak1, L B McCullough
1Cornell University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York, New York, USA.
Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology
|February 16, 2000
Abstract:
This review explores some of the implications for a balanced approach to the ethics of maternal participation in clinical research, from the perspective of the fetus as a patient, which is a central concept in obstetric ethics. The review therefore begins with an account of this topic, followed by an examination of some of its ethical implications for a balanced approach to the ethics of clinical research that involves pregnant women.