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MORENO D’ANNA, Milagros María de las Mercedes  e  PAEZ, Gustavo. The fetus as a patient: different positions on the same concept. Med. ética [online]. 2021, vol.32, n.4, pp.989-1027.  Epub 14-Ago-2023. ISSN 2594-2166.  https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2021v32n4.03.

Congenital anatomical malformations, such as genetic disorders, are a current and frequent cause of eugenic abortion in countries where abortion is decriminalized and/or legalized. Diagnostic and therapeutic fetal medicine, including intrauterine fetal surgery, has placed the fetus as a new patient in the universe of biomedical science. To state that the fetus is a patient would mean recognizing that it is a person. To know whether a fetus is a patient or not, it must be established whether it has an independent moral status. In this article we will analyze three positions on the consideration of the fetus as a patient.

Palavras-chave : fetus; person; patient; fetal surgery; eugenic abortion; personalism; principlism.

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