Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
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This cluster of papers focuses on the ethical considerations and complexities involved in pediatric medical decision-making, particularly when there are disagreements between parents and medical professionals. It explores topics such as parental discretion, best interest standards, state intervention in treatment refusals, shared decision-making, conflict management, adolescent autonomy, and end-of-life decisions in pediatric care.
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parental consent; neonatal ethics; pediatric ethics; withholding treatment; withholding life-sustaining treatment; best interests standard; pediatric end-of-life care; child consent; parental refusal of treatment; mature minors; neonatal euthanasia; medical treatment of minors; pediatric decision-making; Baby Doe rule; medical treatment of children; newborns with disabilities; limits of viability; Baby Doe case; Gillick competence; Charlie Gard; adolescent consent; pediatric medical decision-making; child assent; borderline viability; neonatal decision-making
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Morton address: 38491979163790702 · morton4x16-v1
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