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Feature article and commentaries

• The ethics of consent during labour and birth: episiotomies (30 January, 2023)

  Marit van der Pijl, Corine Verhoeven, Martine Hollander, Ank de Jonge, Elselijn Kingma
• Consent and the problem of epistemic injustice in obstetric care (21 June, 2023)

  J Y Lee
• Capacity assessment during labour and the role of opt-out consent (7 July, 2023)

  Kelsey Mumford
• Episiotomies and the ethics of consent during labour and birth: thinking beyond the existing consent framework (22 June, 2023)

  Anna Nelson, Beverley Clough
• Birth, trust and consent: reasonable mistrust and trauma-informed remedies (21 June, 2023)

  Elizabeth Lanphier, Leah Lomotey-Nakon
• Extending the ethics of episiotomy to vaginal examination: no place for opt-out consent (22 June, 2023)

  Rebecca Brione
• Safeguards for procedural consent in obstetric care (21 June, 2023)

  David I Shalowitz, Steven J Ralston
• Informed decision-making in labour: action required (26 June, 2023)

  Gordon M Stirrat
• Consent and episiotomies: do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good (30 August, 2023) Free

  Elselijn Kingma, Marit van der Pijl, Corine Verhoeven, Martine Hollander, Ank de Jonge
• Setting a human rights and legal framework around ‘the ethics of consent during labour and birth: episiotomies’ (24 August, 2023)

  Bashi Kumar-Hazard, Hannah Grace Dahlen