title: Decree No. 88-206/PCMS/MSP/AS relating to approval of a code of ethics for physicians, 9 June 1988.
abstract: Among other things, this Niger Decree provides that, during a dystocial or protracted delivery, a physician must consider himself to be the sole judge of the respective interests of the mother and the child, without letting himself be influenced by considerations of family order.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D003906:Developing Countries; D004989:Ethics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D006262:Health; D006282:Health Personnel; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009548:Niger; D010820:Physicians; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011640:Public Policy; D012098:Reproduction
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Delivery Of Health Care; Delivery--legal aspects; Developing Countries; Ethics; Family Policy; French Speaking Africa; Health; Health Personnel; Legislation; Niger; Physicians--legal aspects; Policy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcomes; Reproduction; Social Policy; Western Africa