Court-Ordered Obstetrical Interventions
- 7 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 316 (19) , 1192-1196
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198705073161905
Abstract
In a national survey, we investigated the scope and circumstances of court-ordered obstetrical procedures in cases in which the women had refused therapy deemed necessary for the fetus. We also solicited the opinions of leading obstetricians regarding such cases.Keywords
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