title: The fetus as a patient and the ethics of human subjects research: response to commentaries on "An ethically justified framework for clinical investigation to benefit pregnant and fetal patients".
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza MS 420, Houston, TX 77030-3411, USA. mccullou@bcm.edu
authors.forename: Laurence B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: Frank A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Chervenak
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D033042:Fetal Research / Q000941:ethics; D005333:Fetus; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010361:Patients; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D035842:Research Subjects; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations / Q000941:ethics; D012306:Risk; D014342:Truth Disclosure