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050 _aRG526.E84(2e)
245 _aEthics and midwifery : issues in contemporary practice /
_cLucy Frith and Heather Draper.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aEdinburgh :
_bBooks for Midwives,
_c2004.
300 _aviii, 310 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
500 _aIncludes references and index.
505 _aContents : Introduction -- Part 1: Everyday issues: Ethics and consent in midwifery -- Legal and ethical issues in midwifery practice -- Failure to deliver: ethical issues relating to epidural analgesia in uncomplicated labour -- Routine antenatal HIV testing and its implications for informed consent -- Risk and normality in the maternity services -- Midwives and sexuality: earth mother or coy maiden -- Part 2: Technological issues: Ethical issues in neonatal intensive care -- Screening and the perfect baby -- Ethics of fetal tissue transplantation and research on embryos -- Reproductive technologies and midwives -- Midwifery and homeopathy -- Part 3: Professional issues: Midwifery autonomy and the code of professional conduct: an unethical combination -- Retention and autonomy in midwifery practice -- Midwifery research: some ethical considerations -- Researching sensitive issues: a personal view.
700 _aFrith, Lucy.
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700 _aDraper, Heather.
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