Keywords
Ectopic Pregnancy, ethics
Abstract
Ectopic pregnancy is occurring at an increasing frequency in the United States due to a rise in sexually transmitted disease, fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization, smoking, stress, and drug use. An ectopic pregnancy (EP), from Latin roots meaning “out of place,” is a pregnancy that does not correctly implant into its normal location in the endometrium of the uterus. Instead, the developing embryo implants in the fallopian tube, the cervix, the ovaries, or the abdominal or pelvic cavity. EPs today constitute about 2% of all pregnancies, of which 97% implant in the fallopian tube. A ruptured EP can be deadly, leading to 6% of all maternal deaths from massive hemorrhage.
DOI
10.15385/jce.2014.13.2.1
Recommended Citation
Hein, Josephine
(2014)
"Ethical Duties in Ectopic Pregnancy,"
CedarEthics: A Journal of Critical Thinking in Bioethics: Vol. 13:
No.
2, Article 1.
DOI: 10.15385/jce.2014.13.2.1
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarethics/vol13/iss2/1
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