015 - Ethics: A Mother in Jeopardy: The Ethics of Pregnancy and Chemotherapy

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Topics in Palliative Medicine

26 episodes

3 months ago

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015 - Ethics: A Mother in Jeopardy: The Ethics of Pregnancy and Chemotherapy

Topics in Palliative Medicine

17 minutes

8 months ago

015 - Ethics: A Mother in Jeopardy: The Ethics of Pregnancy and Chemotherapy

Questions? Comments? Send us a message! In this episode, we discuss a complex ethical dilemma concerning a pregnant woman diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer who refuses recommended termination and chemotherapy due to prior fertility struggles. Several experts in medicine, ethics, law, spiritual care, and social work provide differing perspectives on the case. The medical oncology perspective discusses the individualized management of cancer during pregnancy, while the ethics perspective ...