drowning found 2 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

Contents: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Pediatric medicine -- Medical ethics, clinical ethics, bioethics -- Ethical approaches to clinical issues -- Structure of the book -- Part I Therapeutic misalliances -- 1.1 Unconventional medicine in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Introduction -- The case -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- 1.2 Role responsibility in pediatrics: appeasing or transforming parental demands? -- Introduction -- Treating Ericka when the moon turns full -- Unconventional treatment -- Cultural differences -- Method and substance -- Principle and background -- Acknowledgments -- 1.3 Topical discussion -- Alternative or complementary medicine -- Cultural sensitivity -- Ethical principles -- The "case" method -- Further reading -- 2.1 The extremely premature infant at the crossroads -- Case: Baby Girl M -- Follow-up -- 2.2 The extremely premature infant at the crossroads: ethical and legal considerations -- Introduction -- The role of the law -- Baby Girl M at the crossroads -- Toward better decisions -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 2.3 Topical discussion -- The paradoxical neonate -- Acting for the best in the face of uncertainty -- Relation of law and ethics -- Communication and documentation -- Further reading -- 3.1 Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- Introduction -- Case report -- Legal and ethical issues -- Conclusion -- 3.2 Some conceptual and ethical issues in Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- Introduction -- Conceptual issues -- Ethical issues -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- 3.3 Topical discussion -- Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) -- Trust: confidentiality and disclosure -- Covert surveillance: privacy versus care -- Family reunification -- Further reading -- Part II Medical futility -- 4.1 Letting go: a study in pediatric life-and-death decision making -- Introduction -- The case of JM -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- 4.2 Near-drowning, futility, and the limits of shared decision making -- Introduction -- Three models of clinical decision making -- Ethical and legal considerations in shared decision making -- Decision making in context -- A recommended approach -- When family and physician disagree -- Acknowledgments -- 4.3 Topical discussion -- Futility -- Quality of life -- Family authority -- Shared decision making -- Further reading -- 5.1 Long-term ventilation in a child with severe central nervous system impairment -- The case -- Discussion -- 5.2 Autonomy, community, and futility: moral paradigms for the long-term ventilation of a severely impaired child -- Introduction -- Principle-directed and case-based moral reasoning -- Values relevant to ventilating -- Conclusion -- 5.3 Topical discussion -- PVS -- Standards for decision making -- Cost as a factor in ethical decision making -- Methodology and cases -- Further reading --tidtid160