Pediatric Collections

Armand H. Matheny Antommaria,

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781610026680
• eBook ISBN: 9781610026697
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy & Ethics in Science

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.
 

Table of contents

• 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