Editorial | DOI: https://doi.org/10.31579/2642-9756/020
1 Associate Prof, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, MD, FICOG
*Corresponding Author: Gopa Chowdhury, Associate Prof, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, MD, FICOG.
Citation: Chowdhury G. (2019) Basics of Ethical Issues in Obstetrics. J Women Health Care Issues, 3(1); Doi/10.31579/2642-9756/020
Copyright: ©2019. Gopa Chowdhury, This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Received: 19 December 2019 | Accepted: 26 December 2019 | Published: 03 January 2020
Keywords: pregnant woman; women’s perspective
Obstetrics is a high-risk specialty with the challenge of wellbeing of mother and baby.
Obstetrics is a high-risk specialty with the challenge of wellbeing of mother and baby.
Medical ethics, a disciplined study of morality concern obligations of physicians and health organizations to patients as well as the obligations of the patients, is an integral part of medical practice which builds and sustains physician patient relationship and involves a systemic approach to decision making and actions while being secular.
Primary strands of thoughts: Utilitarian, considers most positive outcome and Deontological, judges if action right or wrong, consequences of actions not considered.
Fundamental principles:
In US “Advance Directive” followed. Informed refusal documented.
Beneficence and Respect for autonomy in obstetric practice: Obligations both beneficence and autonomy based to the pregnant woman.
Physician’s perspective: beneficence-based to pregnant woman and to the fetus when it is a patient.
Women’s perspective: physicians’ autonomy-based obligations.
Counseling for fetus:
In- vitro embryo: a pre-viable fetus, sure to be presented to physician so is a patient. Medical interventions depend if becomes viable. Counseling of pre-implantation diagnosis is non-directive.
Conclusion: Primary conscientious duty of an obstetricians and gynecologists always is to treat, to provide best, to prevent harm. Ethical dilemmas and conflicts are faced while fulfilling the primary commitments. It is essential to create patient-physician relationship, by following informed consent, disclosure, respecting autonomy avoiding paternalism, doing good to patients.
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