Termination review committees: are they necessary?
In Victoria, decisions regarding late termination of pregnancy no longer involve just pregnant women and their clinicians. At two major women's hospitals, committees now govern the decision-making process for approval of a late termination of pregnancy. The legal and ethical implications of clinical decision-making by committee need to be widely debated.
Woodrow
Nicole L
NL
Fetal Diagnostic Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168.
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001315:Australia; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second / Q000941:ethics*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third / Q000941:ethics*