title: Risk and the pregnant body.
abstract: Reasoning well about risk is most challenging when a woman is pregnant, for patient and doctor alike. During pregnancy, we tend to note the risks of medical interventions without adequately noting those of failing to intervene, yet when it's time to give birth, interventions are seldom questioned, even when they don't work. Meanwhile, outside the clinic, advice given to pregnant women on how to stay healthy in everyday life can seem capricious and overly cautious. This kind of reasoning reflects fear, not evidence.
authors.affiliation: Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine, Duke University, USA.
authors.forename: Anne Drapkin
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Lyerly
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Elizabeth Mitchell
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kukla
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuppermann
authors.forename: Margaret Olivia
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Little
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy; D003075:Coitus; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D036801:Parturition; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017747:Seafood / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents