Consent and episiotomies: do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good

Elselijn Kingma¹, Marit van der Pijl², Corine Verhoeven^{2

3

4}, Martine Hollander⁵, Ank de Jonge^{6

7}

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¹ Department of Philosophy, King's College London, London, UK elselijn.kingma@kcl.ac.uk.
² Amsterdam University Medical Centre (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Midwifery Science, AVAG, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Division of Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
⁵ Amalia Children's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Amsterdam University Medical Centre (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Midwifery Science, AVAG, The Amsterdam Reproduction & Development research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ Department of General Practice & Elderly Medicine, Midwifery Science, University Medical Center (UMC) Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 37648288
DOI: 10.1136/jme-2023-109375

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Consent and episiotomies: do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good

Elselijn Kingma et al. J Med Ethics. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;49(9):632-633.

doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109375.

Authors

Elselijn Kingma¹, Marit van der Pijl², Corine Verhoeven^{2

3

4}, Martine Hollander⁵, Ank de Jonge^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Philosophy, King's College London, London, UK elselijn.kingma@kcl.ac.uk.
² Amsterdam University Medical Centre (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Midwifery Science, AVAG, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Division of Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
⁵ Amalia Children's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Amsterdam University Medical Centre (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Midwifery Science, AVAG, The Amsterdam Reproduction & Development research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ Department of General Practice & Elderly Medicine, Midwifery Science, University Medical Center (UMC) Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 37648288
DOI: 10.1136/jme-2023-109375

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Keywords: ethics.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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