title: Ethical conflicts between mother and fetus in obstetrics.
abstract: Conflicts between the interests of mother and fetus can create difficult ethical problems for obstetricians. Several types of problems are discussed, with the aim of identifying major viewpoints and arguments supporting each view. Approaches are defended that involve balancing maternal and fetal interests in individual cases, and factors that might be considered in such balancing are identified.
mesh_terms: D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D001946:Breech Presentation; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications; D019369:Life; D033261:Maternal-Fetal Relations; D028681:Moral Obligations; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D028723:Personhood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D037841:Pregnant People; D018570:Risk Assessment