Virtues and goals in pediatrics / G. Kevin Donovan and Edmund D. Pellegrino -- Contributions of ethical theory to pediatric ethics : parents as co-fiduciaries of pediatrics patients / Laurence B. McCullough -- Using the best interests standards in treatment decisions for young children / Loretta M. Kopelman -- Moral and legal status of children and parents / Sadath A. Sayeed -- The ethics of pediatric research / Jonathan D. Moreno and Alexandra Kravitt -- Truth telling in pediatrics : what they don't know might hurt them / Christine Harrison -- Pediatric ethics committees / Mark R. Mercurio -- Newborn screening / Lainie Friedman Ross -- Presymptomatic genetic testing in children / Kimberly A. Quaid -- Extreme prematurity : truth and justice / Geoffrey Miller -- Disorders of sex development / Alice D. Dreger and David Sandberg -- Rationality, personhood, and Peter Singer on the fate of severely impaired infants / Eva Feder Kittay -- The ethics of controlling reproduction in a population with mental disabilities / Paul A. Lombardo -- Pediatric innovative surgery / Angelique M. Reitsma -- Conjoined twins / Alice D. Dreger and Geoffrey Miller -- Ethics and immunization / Joel E. Frader and Erin Flanagan-Klygis -- Psychotropic drug use in children : the case of stimulants / Ilina Singh -- Brain death, minimal consciousness, and vegetative states in children / Geoffrey Miller and Stephen Ashwal -- The foregoing of life sustaining treatment for children / Sadath A. Sayeed and Geoffrey Miller.
prepared by Judith Miller for the National Council on Bioethics in Human Research.
--Ottawa, ON:
National Council on Bioethics in Human Research
, 1993.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part 1: The Extremely Preterm Infant: Epidemiology, Perceptions, and Practices -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Aspects -- 3 Survival -- 4 Influence of Obstetric Management -- 5 Effect of Resuscitation in the Delivery Room -- 6 National Comparisons -- 7 Prediction of Outcome -- 8 Limit of Viability -- 9 Morbidity -- 10 School Age Outcome -- 11 Adolescence -- 12 Perceptions and Practices -- 13 Resource Expenditure -- Part 2: Bioethics -- 14 Moral Theory -- 15 Autonomy -- 16 Beneficence and Nonmaleficence -- 17 Justice -- 18 Sanctity of Life -- 19 Active and Passive Euthanasia -- 20 Personhood -- 21 Quality of Life and Best Interests -- 22 Futility -- Part 3: Reports, Official Opinions, and Guidelines -- 23 United States -- 24 Canada -- 25 United Kingdom (UK) -- 26 France -- 27 Italy -- 28 Germany -- 29 International -- Part 4: The Law -- 30 INTRODUCTION -- 31 U.S. LAW -- 32 THE UNITED KINGDOM -- 33 CANADA -- 34 AUSTRALIA -- 35 JAPAN -- 36 ITALY, GERMANY, AND POLAND -- 37 FRANCE -- 38 THE NETHERLANDS -- Part 5: Epilogue: Truth, Trust, and Boundaries -- EPILOGUE: TRUTH, TRUST, AND BOUNDARIES -- References -- Index -- Last Page