Ethical issue and consent form in the management of high-risk pregnancy

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Feb;23(2):179-83. doi: 10.3109/14767050903165206.

Abstract

Through the description of two high risk unplanned pregnancy cases and the subsequent interview of the patients, a few years after delivery, this article focuses on the following issues: 1. The importance of a planned pregnancy in a woman with diabetes or other chronic disease; 2. The ethical role of counselling and how it should not be influenced by the ethical belief of the obstetrician; 3. The legal aspect related to the knowledge and qualifications of the obstetrician in the management of a high-risk pregnancy to improve both maternal and fetal outcomes. Here, two cases of complicated type 1 diabetes in women with unplanned pregnancies and the importance of counselling in high-risk pregnancy are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bioethical Issues*
  • Blindness / complications
  • Blood Glucose / analysis
  • Chronic Disease
  • Clinical Competence / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Counseling
  • Diabetic Foot / complications
  • Diabetic Neuropathies / complications
  • Diabetic Retinopathy / complications
  • Female
  • Glycated Hemoglobin / analysis
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Informed Consent
  • Male
  • Obstetrics / ethics
  • Obstetrics / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / therapy*
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / therapy
  • Pregnancy, High-Risk*
  • Twins

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Glycated Hemoglobin A
  • hemoglobin A1c protein, human