ACOG Committee Opinion. Surgery and patient choice: the ethics of decision making.
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Abstract
The purpose of this Committee Opinion is to provide the obstetrician-gynecologist with an approach to decision making based on ethics in an environment of increased patient information, recognition of patient autonomy, direct-to-consumer marketing, and many alternative or investigational treatments. A process for ethical decision making in surgery is discussed, illustrated by an example of elective cesarean delivery.
Medical subject headings
- Decision Making
- Ethics, Clinical
- Genital Diseases, Female
- Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
- Obstetric Surgical Procedures
- Pregnancy Complications