Ethical Issues in Pediatrics  

Oleh:

Hester, D. Micah

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Guidance for Healthcare Ethics Committees, page 114-121.
Topik: Little Adults; The role of Parents; A Two-Pronged Moral; Older Children and Teens
Fulltext: Ethical Issues in Pediatrics.pdf (157.6KB)

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Concerns about the ethical care of children have been central to modern bioethics since its inception over 40 years ago. Key milestones in pediatric bioethics include the controversy over the Willowbrook hepatitis experiments in the 1960s, acknowledgment of the importance of “assent” for adolescents by the National Commission in the 1970s, and the Baby Doe regulations about the treatment of neonates in the 1980s. Nevertheless, development of bioethical reasoning during the irst 30 years was heavily focused on issues surrounding adults with decisional capacity and the principle of respect for autonomy. In fact, most of the ground-breaking judicial opinions about end-of-life decisions focus on protecting the rights of adults to make autonomous decisions about their care (Menikof, 2002). Many healthcare ethics committees (HECs) operate in an environment primarily geared towards the care of adult patients, and the ethics education of many HEC members is adult based as well. Along with the chapter on neonatal issues, this chapter focuses on unique considerations in pediatric ethics, considerations that can difer, subtly though importantly, from adult-care ethics.

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