Rights, duties, and the body : law and ethics of the maternal-fetal conflict / Rosamund Scott.

If a pregnant woman refuses medical treatment needed by the fetus - for instance for religious reasons - or conducts some aspect of her life in a way which risks fetal harm, there may arise an instance of ""maternal-fetal conflict"". This is an unfortunate term, since pregant wom...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Scott, Rosamund
Other title:	Rights, duties & the body.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2002.
Subjects:	Fetus > Legal status, laws, etc. Pregnant women > Legal status, laws, etc. Fetus. Pregnancy.