Duke Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities

Maternal Birth Trauma in the Developing World:
An International Workshop on Ethical Issues in Obstetric Fistula
Duke University

Working Group Presentations, March 8-9, 2007   

Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Women with Obstetric Fistula
L.Lewis Wall, MD, DPhil

Nurses:  An Untapped Resource in the Treatment of Obstetric Fistula
N'joki N'gan'ga, RN

Ethical Challenges in Fistula Care Services
Oladosu A. Ojengbede, MD

Obstetrical Fistula at the National Hospital of Niamey:  Ethical Issues
Abdoulaye Idrissa, MD

Medicine and Culture - Ethical Challenges in Obstetric Fistula Care in Kenya
Hillary Mabeya, MD

An Agenda for Epidemiological Research and Clinical Management of Obstetric Fistula
John Kelly, MD

Ethical Challenges for Westerners in Addressing Obstetric Fistula: 
Advocating for a New Paradigm in Religiously Sensitive African Cultures

Ahmad-Rufai Abdullah, DVM, MPH

Ethics and International Research:  Obstetric Fistula and Beyond
Nancy E. Kass, ScD

Ethical Issues in Obstetric Fistula Research:  Lessons from the HIV Epidemic
Jean Anderson, MD

A Clinician's Perspective on Research and Clinical Practice
Steven D. Arrowsmith, MD

Reintegration:  Setting the Context
Maggie Bangser, MPPM

Defining Reintegration:  Ensuring the Meaningful Participation of Women Who Have Lived with Fistula
Kate Ramsey, MPH

Taking Care of the Fistula Patient
Amoul Kinni Ghaichatou, MD, MPH

Obstetric Fistula:  Primary Prevention
Nawal M. Nour, MD, MPH

Prevention of Obstetric Fistula
Martha C. Carlough, MD, MPH