Woman miscarries after laser treatment

Title

Woman miscarries after laser treatment

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Dec 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:20

Description

Malcolm Brown interviews Lorraine Pearce about losing a baby during laser treatment on her cervix. Lorraine believes the doctor should have stopped as soon as he found out she was pregnant. The interview follows the acquittal of Reginald Dixon, consultant gynaecologist, found not guilty of procuring a miscarriage on 38-year-old Barbara Whiten by carrying on with a hysterectomy on discovering she was pregnant.

Contributors

Malcolm Brown; Lorraine Pearce

Keywords

Medical ethics; Gynaecology; Trials; Doctors; Miscarriage; Lorraine Pearce; Reginald Dixon; Barbara Whiten; Gynaecological surgery

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