Paper: Should medicine assist a teenager to achieve a pregnancy?

Journal of Medical Ethics 37 (4):201-204 (2011)
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This article discusses a scenario of a teenager seeking medical assistance for infertility. Despite its apparent simplicity, the case poses a significant challenge to healthcare professionals. It requires consideration of maternal and child welfare and examination of the legitimate limits of doctors' role vis-à-vis the policy objective of reducing teenage pregnancy rate. The negative stereotypic representation of teenage pregnancy is an important confounding factor.

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10.1136/jme.2010.037986

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