Bitesize Ethics 2024 Week 7: The Ethics of ‘Medically Unnecessary’ Caesarean Sections

Tutor: Dr Rebecca Brown
This session will discuss whether or not people expecting to give birth should be able to deliver by caesarean section, even if doctors do not think it is medically necessary. We will consider the ethical basis for thinking that women’s birth preferences should be respected, even when doctors disagree, and some of the objections raised against ‘medically unnecessary’ caesarean sections.
Recorded on 07/08/2024.