A clinically comprehensive ethical framework for offering and recommending cancer treatment before and during pregnancy

The authors describe a clinically comprehensive ethical framework for addressing the challenges of managing cancer during pregnancy. The framework is based on the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy and the concept of the fetus as a patient.

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Published inCancer Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 215 - 222
Main Authors Chervenak, Frank A., McCullough, Laurence B., Knapp, Robert C., Caputo, Thomas A., Barber, Hugh R. K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.01.2004
Wiley-Liss
Subjects
Advance Directives - ethics
Beneficence
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Decision Making
Ethics, Medical
Female
Fetal Viability
Fetus
Humans
Medical sciences
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Obstetrics - ethics
Patient Participation
Personal Autonomy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic - therapy
Tumors
Pregnancy
Ethics
Cancerology
Treatment
Malignant tumor
Genetics and Reproduction
Health Care and Public Health
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Summary:The authors describe a clinically comprehensive ethical framework for addressing the challenges of managing cancer during pregnancy. The framework is based on the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy and the concept of the fetus as a patient.
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ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.11564