Women should not be able to opt for a caesarean
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Jenny Fraser, team midwife, believes that women ought not to be able to choose to have a caesarean section unless this is medically necessary, whilst Barbara Bale, of the University of Glamorgan School of Nursing and Midwifery, believes that women should have a choice. According to Fraser, following a caesarean birth a mother needs a lot of extra care, which it is selfish to expect. According to Bale, although extra care is needed, whether or not nurses agree with the decision of the mother they should respect her right to choose.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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Against her judgement: why do doctors think women are incapable of making informed rational choices when in labour and resort to court orders to force them to have Caesarean sections?
Article Abstract:
Medical ethics state that doctors can only operate on patients who have agreed to surgery. However, a number of court orders in the UK have forced women in labour to undergo Caesarean sections because they have been judged to be temporarily mentally incompetent to make a rational choice. The disregard of women's rights by the courts has outraged many in the medical profession and some women are seeking to re-establish their legal freedom to refuse surgical intervention during childbirth.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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Talking about a revolution: the RCN is now pushing for prescribing powers for nurses on a par with doctors. What are the chances of success?
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The RCN believes that nurses with the appropriate qualifications and competence should have prescribing powers similar to doctors. Pharmacists are also pushing for prescribing and diagnostic powers. However this has caused concern amongst the medical profession and chair of the British Medical Association's GP's committee, John Chisholm, believes that care would become fragmented and the safety of patients would be compromised.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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