The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has supported a Committee on Ethical Aspects of Reproductive Medicine and Women’s Health for many years because FIGO realizes that ethics is an essential dimension of clinical practice, research, the intersection of health policy and clinical practice, and education. The Committee’s main task is to prepare—and keep current—statements on ethical aspects of reproductive medicine and women’s health, emphasizing the professional responsibilities of obstetricians and gynecologists to patients, research subjects, health policy makers, educators, and societies around the world. With this book, the committee expands the scope of its service to these constituencies, especially FIGO members.
The book has four sections. The first, clinical practice, includes three chapters. One addresses the ethical concept of the fetus as a patient…
