Journal article
The Ulysses contract in obstetrics: a woman's choices before and during labour
Journal of medical ethics, v 39(1), pp 27-30
Jan 2013
PMID: 23065492
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Abstract
Women recognise that labour represents a mind-altering event that may affect their ability to make and communicate decisions and choices. For this reason, birth plans and other pre-labour directives can represent a form of Ulysses contract: an attempt to make binding choices before the sometimes overwhelming circumstances of labour. These choices need to be respected during labour, but despite the reduced decisional and communicative capacity of a labouring woman, her choices, when clear, should supersede decisions made before labour.
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- Title
- The Ulysses contract in obstetrics: a woman's choices before and during labour
- Creators
- Paul Burcher - Albany Medical Center Hospital
- Publication Details
- Journal of medical ethics, v 39(1), pp 27-30
- Publisher
- British Medical Journal (BMJ)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000312585200009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84872312645
- Other Identifier
- 991021929612704721
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- Ethics
- Medical Ethics
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- Social Sciences, Biomedical