Ethical considerations relevant to infections in pregnancy: Application to Sars-Covid-19.

Despite wide diversity and scope, the ethical dimensions relevant to infections in pregnancy remain little explored. Important questions span topics with personal or wider societal and public health impact. The conceptualization of the status and responsibilities of the pregnant woman and the legitimate limits of third-party interests are key determinants of our appreciation of applicable ethical obligations.

Patients' perceptions of written consent: questionnaire study.

Objective: To examine patients' understanding of the status, function, and remit of written consent to surgery.

Design: Prospective questionnaire study. Questionnaires were sent to patients within one month of surgery.

Why do women consent to surgery, even when they do not want to? An interactionist and Bourdieusian analysis.

The 'informed consent' process has been placed at the centre of bioethical and policy discourses about how the autonomy and rights of patients can best be protected. Although there has been critical analysis of how the process functions in relation to participation in research and particular ethical 'dilemmas', there has been little examination of the routine business of consenting to medical procedures. Evidence is now beginning to emerge that people may consent to surgery even when reluctant to do so.

Informed consent for elective and emergency surgery: questionnaire study.

Objectives: To evaluate women's experience of giving consent to obstetric and gynaecological surgery and to examine differences between those undergoing elective and emergency procedures.

Design: A prospective questionnaire study.

Setting: A large teaching hospital.