by Geoffrey Miller (Editor)
This volume offers a theoretical and practical overview of the ethics of pediatric medicine. It serves as a fundamental handbook and resource for pediatricians, nurses, residents in training, graduate students, and practitioners of ethics and healthcare policy. Written by a team of leading experts, Pediatric Bioethics addresses those difficult ethical questions concerning the clinical and academic practice of pediatrics, including an approach to recognizing boundaries when confronted with issues such as end of life care, life-sustaining treatment, extreme prematurity, pharmacotherapy, and research. Thorny topics such as what constitutes best interests, personhood, or distributive justice and public health concerns such as immunization and newborn genetic screening are also addressed.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 23 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 052113594X
ISBN 13: 9780521135948
Book Overview: This volume provides a theoretical and practical overview of the ethics of pediatric medicine.