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Disclosure and consent: ensuring the ethical provision of information regarding childbirth

Published:2023-06-12 Issue: Volume: Page:medethics-2022-108283
ISSN:0306-6800
Container-title:Journal of Medical Ethics
language:en
Short-container-title:J Med Ethics

Author:

Irvine Kelly^ORCID,Brown Rebecca CH^ORCID,Savulescu Julian^ORCID

Abstract

Ethical medical care of pregnant women in Australia should include the real provision of information regarding the risks and benefits of vaginal birth. Routinely obtaining consent for the different ways in which childbirth is commonly intervened on and the assistance involved (such as midwife-led care or a planned caesarean section) and providing sufficient information for women to evaluate the harms and benefits of the care on offer, would not only enable the empowerment of women but would align with the current standard of care as established by Rogers v Whittaker.

Funder

Wellcome Trust

UKRI

Publisher

BMJ

Subject

Health Policy,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Issues, ethics and legal aspects,Health (social science)

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