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[Utilizing a form of medical ethnography to investigate a variety of pediatric contexts, Richard B. Miller tests the fit of different ethical approaches in various medical settings to arrive at a new paradigm for how best to care for children. Miller cont.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller, Richard B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2003.
Series:Medical ethics series.
Subjects:
Pediatrics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Children > Diseases > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects.
Pediatrics.
Children.
Decision making.
Parents.
Ethics, Clinical
Pediatrics
Ethics, Medical
Child
Decision Making
Parents
Paternalism
Personal Autonomy
Pédiatrie > Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
Enfants > Maladies > Traitement > Aspect moral.
Pédiatrie.
Enfants.
Prise de décision.
children (people by age group)
decision making.
parents.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Decision making
Children
Children > Diseases > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Pediatrics > Moral and ethical aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Parental responsibility in fear and trembling
  • The duty to care
  • Pediatric paternalism
  • Representing patients
  • Basic interests
  • A fighter, doing God's will: technologically tethered, retaining fluids, on steroids, sedated, and four years old
  • Respecting Jackson Bales's religious refusal: on what grounds?
  • Ericka's sepsis, Lia's convulsions, and cultural differences
  • (Properly) marginalized altruism: screening organ donations from strangers
  • The politics and ethics of a hospital ethics committee
  • Ethical issues in pediatric research
  • Conclusion: on liberal care.

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