Ethics of consent and choice in prenatal screening /
"Increasingly, notions of individual autonomy, personal 'choice' and preference have become woven into our reproductive expectations. With respect to prenatal screening, the choices sought, offered or denied are shaped and interpreted through a range of social, personal, institutional...
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Consent, choice and the context of prenatal screening
- An ethical orientation
- Prenatal screening: the technical lens
- Consent and choice: philosophical constraints
- Consent and choice: institutional constraints
- Consent and choice: social constraints
- Consent and choice: personal constraints
- Informed consent and patient education in clinical care
- Transforming practice.