Ethical approach to the practice of cesarean section
Keywords:
ethics, rationality, caesarean section, cognitive biasesAbstract
In recent years, the accelerated increase of births that are resolved through a caesarean section have alerted public health researchers. However, it is notorious that no one study has revealed a full explanation of this phenomenon. This article argues, through a rational reflection, that there are epistemological errors affecting the perception that people have about the practice of caesarean section. This text considers that the risk assessment when somebody prefer a caesarean section rather than a vaginal births could be affected by cognitive biases or cultural anchors of the medic or the pregnant woman.
Realidad y Reflexión Year 16,No.44, July-December 2016: 82-91
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