OBGYN.net Adds Ethics Blogger Paul Burcher

NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that OBGYN.net will host a monthly blog titled "The Ethical OB/GYN" by Paul Burcher, MD PhD, on ethical dilemmas in obstetrics and gynecology.

Paul Burcher is Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Alden March Bioethics Institute of Albany Medical College, and he specializes in the philosophy of medicine, medical ethics, and narrative medicine and ethics. His first two contributions to OBGYN.net:

• The Ethical OB/GYN: Is it possible to "do no harm?" Here Burcher explores the grey area of guiding patients through oftentimes difficult decisions about their care.
• The Ethical OB/GYN: Don't Dread the Birth Plan In this blog Burcher recommends the best approach for discussing a birth plan with a patient.

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