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- 1996 (Creation)
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1 folder
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This working party was set up at the request of Council to prepare the report listed below. The report, chaired by David Painton FRCOG, set out the current legal position in England, Scotland and Wales regarding termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality and made recommendations of relevance to obstetricians and gynaecologists who are prepared to carry out termination of pregnancy under these conditions.
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GB 1538 M13 1996 Collection (fonds) 1 folder Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
This working party was set up at the request of Council to prepare the report listed below. The report, chaired by David Painton FRCOG, set out the current legal position in England, Scotland and Wales regarding termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality and made recommendations of relevance to obstetricians and gynaecologists who are prepared to carry out termination of pregnancy under these conditions.
The report was passed to the Archives by the Deputy College Secretary in 1999. The whereabouts of the records of the working party itself are not known.
Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality in England, Scotland and Wales: report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working party, Jan 1996.
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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
RCOG Archives hold records of RCOG study groups on fetal abnormalities, 1990-1991 (Refs: E4/141 and E4/153).
Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. February 2001; February 2002 Abortion Anatomy Associations Biology Birth control Embryology Embryonic structures Family planning Foetus Human reproduction Law Legal systems Legislation Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Obstetrics Organizations Personnel Physicians Physiological development Physiology Pregnancy Professional associations Reproductive cycle Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality Working Party Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Surgeons Surgery People by occupation People
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The report was passed to the Archives by the Deputy College Secretary in 1999. The whereabouts of the records of the working party itself are not known.
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Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality in England, Scotland and Wales: report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working party, Jan 1996.
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Further accruals are expected.
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Open.
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Copyright: vested in the College.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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RCOG Archives hold records of RCOG study groups on fetal abnormalities, 1990-1991 (Refs: E4/141 and E4/153).
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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
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- Family planning » Birth control » Abortion
- Anatomy
- Organizations » Associations
- Biology
- Family planning » Birth control
- Physiology » Physiological development » Embryology
- Family planning
- Physiology » Human reproduction
- Law
- Law » Legal systems
- Law » Legislation
- Medical profession » Medical personnel
- Medical profession
- Medical sciences
- Organizations
- Personnel
- Medical profession » Medical personnel » Physicians
- Physiology » Physiological development
- Physiology
- Physiology » Human reproduction » Pregnancy
- Organizations » Associations » Professional associations
- Medical sciences » Surgery
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National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.
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- English