title: Informed consent in the perinatal setting.
authors.affiliation: Kathleen Rice Simpson is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, and an Editorial Board Member of MCN. Dr. Simpson can be reached via e-mail at KRSimpson@prodigy.net.
authors.forename: Kathleen Rice
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000941:ethics*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States