Birth, trust and consent: reasonable mistrust and trauma-informed remedies

Elizabeth Lanphier^{1

2}, Leah Lomotey-Nakon³

Affiliations

¹ Ethics Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA elizabeth.lanphier@cchmc.org.
² Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
³ Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Comment

Elizabeth Lanphier et al. J Med Ethics. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;49(9):624-625.

doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109210. Epub 2023 Jun 21.

Elizabeth Lanphier^{1

2}, Leah Lomotey-Nakon³

¹ Ethics Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA elizabeth.lanphier@cchmc.org.
² Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
³ Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ethics- Medical; Health Care Economics and Organizations; Health Workforce; Informed Consent; Maternal mortality.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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