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Issues in Contemporary Practice
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Second Edition
By
Lucy Frith, BA, MPhil, Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool, UK
Heather Draper, BA, MA, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics, The Centre for Biomedical Ethics, University of Birmingham
Description
An excellent team of contributors provides a multi-disciplinary approach to guide midwives through ethical dilemmas which occur in clinical practice.
Audience
Midwifery students and practitioners
Contents
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. Ethical issues in neonatal intensive care. Screening and the
prefect baby. Ethics of fetal tissue transplantation and research on embryos. Reproductive technologies and midwives. Midwifery and homeopathy.
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.
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Paperback, 320 pages, publication date: DEC-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5350-3
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5350-7
Imprint: BOOKS FOR MIDWIVES
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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