title: Perinatal ethics: a practical method of analysis of obligations to mother and fetus.
abstract: The ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy enable the physician to identify and consider seriously moral conflicts in modern obstetric care. The authors identify four types of conflicts, provide an analysis of them, and suggest strategies for resolving them in clinical practice.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D026686:Beneficence; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009014:Morals; D009035:Mothers; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy; D037841:Pregnant People; D011295:Prenatal Care; D018570:Risk Assessment