Reproductive stuff Flashcards
What are the four principles of medical ethics?
- Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Nonmaleficence
- Justice
True or false: appellate courts have held that a pregnant woman’s decisions should take precedence over the fetus’s
True
What is the two patient model?
- Any intervention on a fetus must be done through the mother, but
- Women should never be treated solely as a means to an end
True or false: interests of maternal-fetal relationship are more often convergent than adversarial
True
True or false: court orders in the maternal-fetal relationship are rarely acceptable
True
What is the correct view of maternal addiction?
It is a disease, rather than a moral failing
What is the major issues with coercive and punitive approaches to patients?
- treat psych illnesses as if they were moral failings
- Discourage prenatal care
- Single out the most vulnerable women
- Potentially criminalize otherwise legal behavior
True or false: courts have recognized that the right of informed consent and bodily integrity takes precedence over the impact on others
True
What is the consequence of the coercive and punitive approaches?
- Discourage prenatal care
- Criminalize o/w legal behavior
- Singles out vulnerable women
What is the issue with having successive cesarian sections and trying to have vaginal delivery?
may risk uterine rupture
What are the complications of twins?
- Preeclampsia
- Gestational DM
- Prematurity
- Operative delivery
Is participation (or refusal to) in sex selection supported by the ACOG?
Yes
