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Children, ethics, and modern medicine [electronic resource] / Richard B. Miller.

By: Miller, Richard B.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Medical ethics series: Publisher: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2003Description: xiii, 305 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Pediatrics -- Moral and ethical aspects | Medical ethics | Children -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 174/.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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174/.2 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.