Pediatric Collections offers what you need to know – original, focused research in a snapshot approach.
The ethical issues that arise in pediatrics vary drastically from those in other clinical settings. This essential collection presents cases that highlight ethical dilemmas that arise specifically in pediatrics including Autism; Adolescents and Young Adults; Social Media; Cardiology; COVID; Racism; and Child Abuse and Neglect focusing on child abuse, medical neglect, foster care, potential conflicts of interest, and forensic investigations. Complex cases in which multiple ethical concerns intertwine in important ways are also examined. This collection is intended to be a starting point for a discussion on pediatric bioethics and a reference when reflecting on similar cases.
Author(s): Armand H. Matheny Antommaria
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 277
City: Itasca
Front Matter
Autism Spectrum Disorder Introduction
Should Tactile Defensiveness Exclude a Life-Sustaining Intervention in an Adolescent With Autism?
Presymptomatic Detection and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Ethical Implications for Providers Regarding Cannabis Use in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Medical Therapy for Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors in a Teen With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Child Abuse and Neglect Introduction
Pediatric Discharge From the Emergency Department Against Medical Advice
A Complicated Case of Vaccine Refusal
For Victims of Fatal Child Abuse, Who Has the Right to Consent to Organ Donation?
When Specialty Care Is Unavailable to Rural Families
Failure to Provide Adequate Palliative Care May Be Medical Neglect
When a Child Needs a Transplant but Lacks Familial Social Support
Child Abuse, Incarceration, and Decisions About Life-sustaining Treatment
Medical Marijuana for Minors May Be Considered Child Abuse
Parents Refusing Dialysis for a 3-Month-Old With Renal Failure
An 8-Year-Old Foster Child With Behavioral Problems Who Needs a Bone Marrow Transplant
COVID-19 and Racism Racism
Microaggressions: Privileged Observers’ Duty to Act and What They Can Do
Should a Healthcare System Facilitate Racially Concordant Care for Black Patients?
Assessing Visitor Policy Exemption Requests During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pediatric Palliative Care in a Pandemic: Role Obligations, Moral Distress, and the Care You Can Give
When a Family Requests a White Doctor
Off-Label Prescription of COVID-19 Vaccines in Children: Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Issues
Adolescents and Young Adults Introduction
Can Parents Restrict Access to Their Adolescent’s Voice?: Deciding About a Tracheostomy
Opioid Management in the Dying Child With Addiction
Parents Demand and Teenager Refuses Epidural Anesthesia
“Take Out This Thing”: A Teen’s Decision About Removal of a Gastrostomy Tube
Long-term Puberty Suppression for a Nonbinary Teenager
Fertility Preservation for a Transgender Teenager
Research Consent at the Age of Majority: Preferable but not Obligatory
Reconsidering the Need for Reconsent at 18
Ethical Challenges Raised by OpenNotes for Pediatric and Adolescent Patients
Should a Teenager Be Allowed to Leave the Hospital AMA to Attend His Father’s Funeral?
A Young Adult Jehovah’s Witness With Severe Anemia
A “Narcotics Contract” for a Patient With Sickle Cell Disease and Chronic Pain
Social Media Introduction
Seeking a Second Opinion on Social Media
Ethics Rounds: In the Eye of a Social Media Storm
Cardiology Introduction
Controversy About Withdrawal of Postresuscitation Care After Cardiac Arrest
Infant With Trisomy 18 and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Unilateral Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Therapy in a Severely Impaired Child
Parental Refusal of Surgery in an Infant With Tricuspid Atresia
Trisomy 18 and Complex Congenital Heart Disease: Seeking the Threshold Benefit
Controversy About a High-Risk and Innovative Fetal Cardiac Intervention
