An ethical issue in the prenatal and postnatal management of trisomy 18: a survey of obstetricians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to determine how obstetricians' knowledge of T18 influences their attitudes toward the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum management of T18 cases and to compare these attitudes with their approaches to trisomy 21 (T21) cases. These attitudes were analysed within the framework of the medical ethics principles of beneficence and autonomy.

Methods

This cross-sectional descriptive survey study was conducted between 1 February and 31 July 2021. Data from 194 of 388 participants who completed all questionnaire items were analysed.

Results

The study included specialists in obstetrics and gynecology (mean age: 47.8 ± 8.9 years; 56.2% female). 40.2% defined "lethal congenital malformation" as anomalies inevitably causing intrauterine death; 91.

SUBMITTER: Turkcapar AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12671428 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature