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. 2013 Sep;120(Suppl 2):77-80, v.
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12030. Epub 2013 May 17.

Ethical issues arising from the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study

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Ethical issues arising from the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study

F Burton et al. BJOG. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

The INTERGROWTH-21st Project presented a complex set of ethical challenges given the involvement of health institutions in geographically and culturally diverse areas of the world, with differing attitudes to pregnancy. This paper addresses how the research team dealt with some of those issues.

Keywords: INTERGROWTH-21st; ethics; fetal growth; nutrition; standards.

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