Preventing prenatal harm : should the state intervene?

Title
  1. Preventing prenatal harm : should the state intervene? / Deborah Mathieu.
Published by
  1. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c1996.
Author
  1. Mathieu, Deborah

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Description
  1. viii, 187 p.; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. Clinical medical ethics
Uniform title
  1. Clinical medical ethics (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
  1. Prenatal care > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
  2. Fetus > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  3. Pregnant women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  4. Prenatal Care
  5. Ethics, Medical
  6. Legislation, Medical
  7. United States
Contents
  1. 1. The Problem -- 2. Fetus and Future Child -- 3. Arguments in Favor of Coercing a Pregnant Woman to Act in the Interests of Her Future Child -- 4. Arguments Against Legally Requiring a Pregnant Woman to Act in the Interests of Her Future Child -- 5. Practical Applications: Intervening During Pregnancy -- 6. Interventions Before and After Pregnancy -- 7. Social Reform.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Includes bibliographical references.