This volume provides a practical overview of the ethical issues arising in pediatric practice. The case-based approach grounds the bioethical concepts in real-l

This book offers easy access to the everyday ethics problems that occur in the medical care of children. It contains practical guidance on how physicians and ot

This book assists health care providers to understand the specific interplay of the roles and relationships currently forming the debates in pediatric clinical

Background -- Evaluating the worry -- Proposed justifications -- Human interests and human causes -- Our connection to our contribution -- The value of passive

Children in precarious health present particular problems for healthcare professionals because of their intimate relation to their family, and because of the fa