Journal of medical ethics.
Publisher:
Society for the Study of Medical Ethics.. London : BMJ Publishing Group (2004)
Frequency: Monthly, 2005-
Country: England
Language: English
Author(s):
Society for the Study of Medical Ethics (Great Britain)
Start Year:1975 -
ISSN:
0306-6800 (Print)
1473-4257 (Electronic)
0306-6800 (Linking)
1473-4257 (Electronic)
0306-6800 (Linking)
Impact Factor
4.1
2022
| NLM ID: | 7513619 |
| (DNLM): | J28920000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01838186 |
| Coden: | JMETDR |
| LCCN: | sn 79009241 |
| Classification: | W1 JO75I |
Should a doctor prescribe hormone replacement therapy which has been manufactured from mare’s urine? Many clinicians are experiencing consumer resistance to the prescription of equine HRT (that is hormone replacement therapy which has been manufactured from mare's urine). In this paper I consider the ethical implications of prescribing these preparations. I decide that patients should have a right to refuse such treatment but also ask whether a prescribing doctor should choose one preparation over another on moral grounds. I determine that there is prima facie evidence to suggest that mares may suffer and that prescription of equine HRT (instead of synthetic oestrogen-oestriol) would therefor...