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Author Meredith, Sheena

Title Policing Pregnancy : the Law and Ethics of Obstetric Conflict
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Cases cited; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Pregnant Women and the Law; 2 Power Imbalance in Court; 3 Is the Law Being Used to Enforce Compliance with Medical Advice?; 4 Undermining Capacity to Consent -- Another Route to Compliance; 5 Questioning Child Welfare -- Protection or Punishment?; 6 Ongoing Challenges to Autonomy; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Obstetrics -- Law and legislation -- United States
Informed consent -- United States
Pregnant women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Obstetrics -- Law and legislation -- England
Obstetrics -- Law and legislation.
Pregnant women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
England.
United States.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351910552
1351910558