MDC 7180 Obstetrics & Gynecology: Ethics Articles

ACOG committee opinion no. 761: Cesarean delivery on maternal request. Obstet Gynecol. 2019;133(1):e73-e77.
*Replaces ACOG Committee Opinion no. 559 (2013).

ACOG committee opinion no. 664: Refusal of medically recommended treatment during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2016;127(6):e175-182. doi: 10.1097/aog.0000000000001485.
*Replaces ACOG Committee Opinion no. 321 (2005).

Caplan AL, Patrizio P. Are you ever too old to have a baby? The ethical challenges of older women using infertility services. Semin Reprod Med. 2010;28(4):281-286. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1255175.

Child-rearing ability and the provision of fertility services: A committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2013;100(1):50-53. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.02.023.

Reilly DR. Caesarean section on maternal request: How clear medical evidence fails to produce ethical consensus. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2009;31(12):1176-1179.

Stern JE, Cramer CP, Green RM, Garrod A, DeVries KO. Determining access to assisted reproductive technology: Reactions of clinic directors to ethically complex case scenarios. Hum Reprod. 2003;18(6):1343-1352.

Smajdor A. Ethical challenges in fetal surgery. J Med Ethics. 2011;37(2):88-91. doi: 10.1136/jme.2010.039537.

Chilvers RA, Hossain A, Phelps JY. The ethical challenges of providing fertility care to patients with chronic illness or terminal disease. Semin Reprod Med. 2010;28(4):303-314. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1255178.

Celada MT, Merchant RC, Waxman MJ, Sherwin AM. An ethical evaluation of the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for HIV testing in health care settings. Am J Bioeth. 2011;11(4):31-40. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2011.560339.

Kaminer A. Damage Control. The New York Times. November 20, 2011;Sunday Magazine:MM20. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/damage-control.html. Accessed October 2017.

Macklin R. The ethics of sex selection and family balancing. Semin Reprod Med. 2010;28(4):315-321. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1255179.

Charles S. The ethics of vaginal birth after cesarean. Hastings Cent Rep. 2012;42(4):24-27. doi: 10.1002/hast.52.
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Kukla R, Kuppermann M, Little M, et al. Finding autonomy in birth. Bioethics. 2009;23(1):1-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00677.x.

Klass P. Guarding privacy may not always protect patients. The New York Times. July 11, 2011;Health Views:D5. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/health/views/12klass.html. Accessed October 2017.

Evans MI, Britt DW. Multifetal pregnancy reduction: Evolution of the ethical arguments. Semin Reprod Med. 2010;28(4):295-302. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1255177.

Graham J. When the doctor disappears. The New York Times. November 14, 2013. https://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/when-the-doctor-disappears/. Accessed October 2017.

Obstetric care consensus no. 6: Periviable birth. Obstet Gynecol. 2017;130(4):e187-e199. doi: 10.1097/aog.0000000000002352.
*Replaces Obstetric Care Consensus no. 4 (2016)

Ballantyne A, Newson A, Luna F, Ashcroft R. Prenatal diagnosis and abortion for congenital abnormalities: Is it ethical to provide one without the other? Am J Bioeth. 2009;9(8):48-56. doi: 10.1080/15265160902984996.

Lyerly AD, Mitchell LM, Armstrong EM, et al. Risk and the pregnant body. Hastings Cent Rep. 2009;39(6):34-42.

Minkoff H, Lyerly AD. Samantha Burton and the rights of pregnant women twenty years after In re A. C. Hastings Cent Rep. Nov-Dec 2010;40(6):13-15.

Chervenak FA. A sound model of obstetric ethics. ObGyn News. May 25, 2012;Master Class. https://www.mdedge.com/obgynnews/article/54675/sound-model-obstetric-ethics. Accessed October 2017.
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