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- Title
RISK and the Pregnant Body.
- Authors
LYERLY, ANNE DRAPKIN; MITCHELL, LISA M.; ARMSTRONG, ELIZABETH MITCHELL; HARRIS, LISA H.; KUKLA, REBECCA; KUPPERMANN, MIRIAM; LITTLE, MARGARET OLIVIA
- Abstract
Reasoning well about risk is most challenging when a woman is pregnant, for patient and doctor alike. During pregnancy, we tend to note the risks of medical interventions without adequately noting those of failing to intervene, yet when it's time to give birth, interventions are seldom questioned, even when they don't work. Meanwhile, outside the clinic, advice given to pregnant women on how to stay healthy in everyday life can seem capricious and overly cautious. This kind of reasoning reflects fear, not evidence.
- Subjects
PRENATAL care; HEALTH risk communication; MEDICAL communication; HEALTH risk assessment; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Hastings Center Report, 2009, Vol 39, Issue 6, p34
- ISSN
0093-0334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hcr.0.0211