Document 0598
 DOCN  M9490598
 TI    Reproductive health. An ethical perspective.
 DT    9411
 AU    Rosenfield AG; Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
       10032.
 SO    J Reprod Med. 1994 May;39(5):337-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94343349
 AB    There are a number of important ethical issues involved in the area of
       women's reproductive health care. Only a few of these could be covered
       in this short paper. Abortion is perhaps the most controversial issue of
       all and raises a number of ethical issues related to the rights of the
       woman versus the rights of the fetus. Since abortion is legal in the
       United States, the issue of the role of the obstetrician-gynecologist is
       discussed, particularly as related to the shortage of physicians willing
       to perform the procedure and the paucity of abortion training in
       obstetrics/gynecology residency programs. Other issues discussed include
       teen pregnancy, contraceptive research and pharmaceutical company
       contraceptive pricing strategies, high rates of maternal mortality in
       the developing world and human immunodeficiency virus and acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome among women and children.
 DE    Abortion, Legal  Acquired Immunodeficiency
       Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &  CONTROL  Adolescence  Contraception
       *Ethics, Medical  Female  Gynecology  Human  Maternal Mortality
       Obstetrics  Physician's Role  Pregnancy  Pregnancy in Adolescence
       *Reproduction  *Women's Health  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW,
       TUTORIAL

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