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Mother and Fetus - Changing Notions of Maternal Responsibility (Hardcover, New)
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Mother and Fetus - Changing Notions of Maternal Responsibility (Hardcover, New)
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No single area of medicine promises more acrimonious and intense
debate in the coming decades than the implications of new medical
technologies on the maternal-fetal relationships. This is the only
book to combine comprehensive coverage of the legal and social
issues raised as a result of both emerging technologies for fetal
intervention and increasing knowledge of fetal development. It
examines such issues as the effects of maternal behavior on the
fetus's health, hazards in the workplace, teenage pregnancy, and
the use of therapeutic and diagnostic techniques. The volume also
summarizes the legal/political context of policies regarding the
mother's responsibility for the welfare of the fetus and describes
the current status of these issues in public law. The work opens
with a framework for examining rights and, in chapter 2, gives an
in-depth description of knowledge about the impact of maternal
actions on fetal development. Attention then turns to current
trends in case law, as Chapter 3 traces the growing acceptance of
causes of legal action for prenatal injury or death of the fetus.
Chapter 4 extends this analysis to look at the changing legal
context for defining standards of care for pregnant women. Chapter
5 examines three disparate but critical topics illustrating the
pressures women face in the 1990s: workplace hazards, teenage
pregnancy, and surrogate motherhood. The final chapter integrates
the technological, legal, social, and political dimensions
surrounding the maternal-fetal relationship into a context for
creating an effective public policy.
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