Abstract:

The development of science and technology and in parallel with this, advancements in new applications in the health area, confront nurses with ethical problems. It is considerably important that nurses decide based on the ethical problems and ethical principles they face and the effective professional care. Perinatology nursing are the area, in which the ethical dilemmas are most experienced.  Due to the fact that nurses do not mostly have freedom of choice and the environmental factors, they are obliged to make a choice between professional obligation and ethical responsibility Approach in obstetric care has to be conducted by considering the health of both mother and baby. Although the legal regulations, policies, and cooperation with women organizations concerning women enhance quality of care, they influence nursing applications. While the nurses working in the area of perinatology realize the consultancy, educator, and care roles

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