title: Ethical issues arising from the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study.
abstract: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project presented a complex set of ethical challenges given the involvement of health institutions in geographically and culturally diverse areas of the world, with differing attitudes to pregnancy. This paper addresses how the research team dealt with some of those issues.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000941:ethics; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies / Q000941:ethics; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D012107:Research Design; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000941:ethics*
keywords: INTERGROWTH-21st; ethics; fetal growth; nutrition; standards