Ignorance is not bliss: the case for comprehensive reproductive counseling for women with chronic kidney disease

AS Iltis, M Mehta, D Sawinski - HEC Forum, 2023 - Springer
AS Iltis, M Mehta, D Sawinski
HEC Forum, 2023Springer
The bioethics literature has paid little attention to matters of informed reproductive decision-
making among women of childbearing age who have chronic kidney disease (CKD),
including women who are on dialysis or women who have had a kidney transplant. Women
with CKD receive inconsistent and, sometimes, inadequate reproductive counseling,
particularly with respect to information about pursuing pregnancy. We identify four factors
that might contribute to inadequate and inconsistent reproductive counseling. We argue that …
Abstract
The bioethics literature has paid little attention to matters of informed reproductive decision-making among women of childbearing age who have chronic kidney disease (CKD), including women who are on dialysis or women who have had a kidney transplant. Women with CKD receive inconsistent and, sometimes, inadequate reproductive counseling, particularly with respect to information about pursuing pregnancy. We identify four factors that might contribute to inadequate and inconsistent reproductive counseling. We argue that women with CKD should receive comprehensive reproductive counseling, including information about the possibility of pursuing pregnancy, and that more rigorous research on pregnancy in women with CKD, including women on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant, is warranted to improve informed reproductive decision making in this population.
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