ACOG committee opinion. Surgery and patient choice: the ethics of decision making. Number 289, November 2003.
The purpose of this Committee Opinion is to provide the obstetrician-gynecologist with an approach to decision making based on ethics in an environment of increased patient information, recognition of patient autonomy, direct-to-consumer marketing, and many alternative or investigational treatments. A process for ethical decision making in surgery is discussed, illustrated by an example of elective cesarean delivery.
D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006176:Gynecology / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013513:Obstetric Surgical Procedures / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000941:ethics*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics