PHI-2635 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fetus, Homicide, Veganism
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The fetus should be treated as a separate and legal entity from the mother: these conflicts can be seen as conflicts between two people. The duty of beneficence and patient autonomy: angela carder case: 1990. The administrator forced her to have the c-section by court order. The question of what is to be done should be decided by the patient; so long she has the ability to make those decisions: amber marlowe case: 2004. The doctors said that she had to have a c-section delivery because the fetus is so large so there is a chance of complications during delivery. The patient wanted to go through normal childbirth. The doctor said that the child could experience some harm. The hospital got a court order against the wishes of the patient and that they got the baby after birth since she was an unfit" mother.
