title: [Maternal refusal to consent to a cesarean delivery, stillbirth].
abstract: The doctor-lawyer perspective that we discuss is a maternal refusal to consent to a cesarean delivery for a fetal indication in June 2011. Despite repeated information of the risks during a three-week hospitalization for pre-eclampsia, after being assured of the proper understanding of the seriousness of the situation by the patient and spouse, and after consideration to transfer to another hospital, the reiterated refusal led to a late fetal extraction resulting in term stillbirth.
authors: Maternité Port-Royal, hôpital Cochin Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 53, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Defline
authors: Direction des affaires juridiques, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75004 Paris, France.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Obadia
authors: Direction des affaires juridiques, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75004 Paris, France.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: El Djerbi
authors: Maternité Port-Royal, hôpital Cochin Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 53, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Plevy
authors: Maternité Port-Royal, hôpital Cochin Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 53, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France; Faculté de médecine Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France. Electronic address: jacques.lepercq@cch.aphp.fr.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Lepercq
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007258:Informed Consent; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008297:Male; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000523:psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Consent; Consentement; French legislation; Législation française; Obstetrics; Obstétrique; Refus de soins; Refusal to care