Book contents
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 2 Pedagogy of Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 3 Professionally Responsible Clinical Practice
- Section 4 Professionally Responsible Leadership
- Section 5 Professionally Responsible Innovation and Research
- Section 6 Professionally Responsible Health Policy and Advocacy
- Chapter 18 Health Policy and Advocacy
- Glossary of Key Concepts
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Health Policy and Advocacy
from Section 6 - Professionally Responsible Health Policy and Advocacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
Book contents
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 2 Pedagogy of Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Section 3 Professionally Responsible Clinical Practice
- Section 4 Professionally Responsible Leadership
- Section 5 Professionally Responsible Innovation and Research
- Section 6 Professionally Responsible Health Policy and Advocacy
- Chapter 18 Health Policy and Advocacy
- Glossary of Key Concepts
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter provides an ethical framework for the role of obstetrician-gynecologists in advocating for pregnant, fetal, and neonatal patients.
Healthcare justice is the specification of the general ethical principle of justice. Justice applies to populations of individuals and is thus the basis of public policy because public policy concerns how state power should be used to protect and promote the interests of various populations of individuals. (See Chapter 2.) For example, policy concerning criminal justice aims to protect and promote the interests, welfare, and rights of alleged victims and those subject to criminal arrest, indictment or criminal charges, trial, imprisonment, and parole.
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- Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology , pp. 215 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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