Rights, duties and the body : law and ethics of the maternal-fetal conflict / Rosamund Scott.

Oxford : Hart, 2002.

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Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Pregnant women -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medical ethics.

Women's rights.

Part I. The moral relationship between a pregnant woman and her fetus : exploring a woman's moral rights and duties: Introduction

1. The relation of the fetus to the pregnant woman

2. The relation of the pregnant woman to the fetus : the interface between her moral rights and duties

Conclusions to part I

Part II. The legal arguments from rights: Introduction

3. Introduction to the maternal-fetus cases and the law of treatment refusal

4. Understanding the values underlying and justifying a pregnant woman's legal right to refuse treatment

Conclusions to part II.

Part III. The legal arguments from duty: 5. Technical arguments from abortion law

6. Arguments from tort law

7. Arguments from rescue law

Conclusions to part III

Concluding the arguments.

Includes bibliography and index.

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xxxv, 437 p.