BookAlan R. Fleischman.
Summary: This book examines the many ethical issues related to health care in children. It explores the moral obligations of families and clinicians facing hard choices for critically ill and dying children, ranging from neonates to adolescents. It also addresses the ethical concerns in research, genetic testing and screening, and surgical and medical enhancement.
Contents:
Children are special : hard questions, hard choices
Ethical issues in creating a child
Ethical issues in giving birth to a baby
Ethical issues in neonatal intensive care
Ethical issues in genetic testing and screening in children
Ethical issues at the end of life : caring for gravely ill children
Ethical issues in general pediatric practice
Ethical issues in the care of adolescents
Ethical issues in medical and surgical enhancement
Ethical issues in research involving children.