Why should the baby live or not live? Decisions of Turkish pregnant women regarding the fate of pregnancy when there are fetal anomalies
), Rahime Aydin Er(2), Nermin Ersoy(3),
(1) Department of Midwifery- Kocaeli University Faculty of Health Sciences, Turkey
(2) Department of History of Medicine and Ethics- Kocaeli University School of Medicine/ Department of Nursing- Kocaeli University Faculty of Health Sciences, Turkey
(3) Department of Medical History and Ethics, Kocaeli University, Turkey
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