Medical Ethics : Trandate
Posted by Surgery on Jul 11, 2008
Advances in pediatric surgery since the mid-1960s have presented pediatric surgeons, neonatologists, and pediatricians with difficult moral problems. Particularly troubling are those clinical situations that involve decisions about the denial or withdrawal of life-saving or life-sustaining treatment for newborns, infants, and children. These decision-making situations have been further complicated by questions concerning the appropriate use of limited health care resources.
In this chapter, a number of moral issues that frequently confront pediatric surgeons are briefly summarized. Each case report is followed by a commentary that focuses on one or more of the central issues raised in the case. However, first, a few introductory remarks on medical ethics in general, and ethical decision making in particular, are appropriate.
WHAT IS ETHICS?
Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with questions of right and wrong. It outlines the principles, standards, and rules of conduct that should govern our behavior and guide us in resolving our everyday moral problems.
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