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Evaluation of the Decision-making Capacity of Two Cases Planning to Undergo Uterine Evacuation
Ali Ercan ALTINÖZ, Altan EŞSİZOĞLU, Mustafa SERCAN, Didem YİĞİT, Sinan YILDIZ
2018 29(1):
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Psychiatric disorders in the perinatal period can lead to a deterioration in one’s judgment and decision-making ability. These disorders may cause sensitive and complex legal and ethical issues relating to psychiatric, obstetric, and neonatal care. Clinicians should ethically respect the autonomy of the individual, but at the same time, they must assess the individual’s decision-making process with the use of forensic psychiatric and consultation-liaison psychiatric practice. While the literature related to mental disorders in pregnancy has been increasing, there is limited information regarding the medico-legal and ethical aspects of this topic. Herein, we present two cases who are pregnant and have psychiatric disorders, and we aim to discuss their evaluation process of uterine evacuation.
