PICU Prometheus: Ethical issues in the treatment of very sick children in Paediatric Intensive Care

Michael B. Gill

doi:10.1080/13576270500321746

PICU Prometheus: Ethical issues in the treatment of very sick children in Paediatric Intensive Care

Michael B. Gill

Philosophy

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Abstract

Through a focus on one child's extended stay in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, I raise four general questions about pediatric medicine: How should physicians communicate with parents of very sick children? How should physicians involve parents of very sick children in treatment decisions? How should care be coordinated when a child is being treated by different medical teams with rotating personnel? Should the guidelines for making judgments of medical futility and discontinuation of treatment differ when the patient is a child rather than an adult?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	262-275
Number of pages	14
Journal	Mortality
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13576270500321746
State	Published - Nov 2005

Keywords

End-of-life decisions
Informed consent
Parental permission
Pediatric intensive care units

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Religious studies
Philosophy

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