Mode of delivery in the context of periviable birth: informed deference and shared decision-making.

Leah M BodeShannon M JagerJanet PanochShelley M HoffmanTatiana LaitanoKaren KavanaughBrownsyne Tucker Edmonds

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2022)

Informed deference is introduced as a novel concept in the setting of periviable MOD decision-making, whereby the mother defers decisional authority to the provider, the baby, a higher power, or the circumstance itself.

Keyphrases

decision making
primary care
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes