[Fetal pain and intrauterine analgesia/anesthesia--long-term pathologic effects, causes and alleviation of intrauterine pain].

The human fetus can suffer several presumably painful interventions perinatally and even before, during its intrauterine life. In the past years, scientific dispute concerning the existence of fetal pain and the need for its relief has expanded, and a heated social, political, religious, moral and philosophical debate has arisen, focusing mainly on the suffering experienced by the fetus during artificial abortion. In our two connected papers, medical scientific knowledge regarding fetal pain in the literature is reviewed.

[Fetal pain and intrauterine analgesia/anesthesia: neuroanatomy, ontogenesis and physiology of pain perception].

The human fetus can suffer several presumably painful interventions perinatally and even before, during its intrauterine life. In recent years, a scientific dispute has expanded, concerning the existence of fetal pain and the need for its relief, and a heated social, political, religious, moral and philosophical debate has arisen, focusing mainly on the suffering experienced by the fetus during artificial abortion. We review the medical scientific knowledge regarding fetal pain in the literature.

[The relationship between hysterectomy and sexual life according to the latest research].

Hysterectomy is one of the most frequent surgical interventions. Both specialists and lay people are interested in the following question: what kind of late psychosexual consequences does hysterectomy have? In the past years many publications showed a new aspect of the effects of hysterectomy on sexual life. The results of these prospective, randomized studies show that the late psychosexual changes do not primarily depend on the surgical method (vaginal, abdominal total or subtotal hysterectomy).

Interpretation in reproductive genetic counseling: a methodological framework.

In case of genetic risk, parents are often faced with reproductive decisions affecting their life essentially, so it is advisable to pursue careful deliberation. For this reason, the genetic counselor is expected to help the counselee make well-informed and well-considered decisions, which requires the understanding of the patient as an individual. To reach emphatic understanding, physicians can use the results of the Gadamerian theory of interpretation that contains the idea -- as it has been summarized by V.

[Opinions about postpartum care: expectations of the population].

Introduction: During the last few years family centred obstetric practice became more widespread in Hungary as well. The opinion of the population, however, is hardly known.

Objectives: The authors attempted to acquire a better knowledge of the expectations of the various population segments towards postpartum care.