Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case-Based Textbook

This volume provides a practical overview of the ethical issues arising in pediatric practice. The case-based approach grounds the bioethical concepts in real-life situations, covering a broad range of important and controversial topics, including informed consent, confidentiality, truthfulness and fidelity, ethical issues relating to perinatology and neonatology, end-of-life issues, new technologies, and problems of justice and public health in pediatrics. A dedicated section also addresses the topics of professionalism, including boundary issues, conflicts of interests and relationships with industry, ethical issues arising during training, and dealing with the impaired or unethical colleague. Each chapter contains a summary of the key issues covered and recommendations for approaching similar situations in other contexts. Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case-Based Textbook is an essential resource for all physicians who care for children, as well as medical educators, residents and scholars in clinical bioethics.

Douglas S. Diekema is Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioethics Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine and Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health. He is also Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. Mark R. Mercurio is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Mary B. Adam is a pediatrician from the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. She currently works in medical education and public health in Kenya.