Miller, Richard B.

Children, ethics, and modern medicine [electronic resource] / Richard B. Miller. - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2003. - xiii, 305 p. ; 24 cm. - Medical ethics . - Medical ethics series. .

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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Pediatrics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Children--Diseases--Treatment--Moral and ethical aspects.


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