Chervenak F A, McCullough L B
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, NY 10021, USA.
Early Pregnancy. 1995 Dec;1(4):253-7.
The viable fetus is a patient. The previable fetus, including the in vitro embryo and the near-viable fetus, is a patient solely as a function of the exercise of the woman's autonomy. Directive counseling of the pregnant woman for fetal benefit is appropriate only when the fetus is a patient and must take account of the presence and severity of anomalies, extreme prematurity and beneficence-based and autonomy-based obligations to the pregnant woman.
存活胎儿是一名患者。未存活胎儿,包括体外胚胎和接近存活的胎儿,仅在女性行使自主权的情况下才是患者。仅当胎儿是患者时,为了胎儿利益对孕妇进行指导性咨询才是合适的,并且必须考虑到异常情况的存在和严重程度、极度早产以及基于行善和自主原则对孕妇的义务。