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Miller, Richard B.
Children, ethics, and modern medicine /
Richard B. Miller.
- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2003.
- xiii, 305 p. ; 24 cm. -
- Medical ethics .
- Medical ethics series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Parental responsibility in fear and trembling -- The duty to care -- Pediatric paternalism -- Representing patients -- Basic interests -- A fighter, doing God's will: technologically tethered, retaining fluids, on steroids, sedated, and four years old -- Respecting Jackson Bales's religious refusal: on what grounds? -- Ericka's sepsis, Lia's convulsions, and cultural differences -- (Properly) marginalized altruism: screening organ donations from strangers -- The politics and ethics of a hospital ethics committee -- Ethical issues in pediatric research -- Conclusion: on liberal care.
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Pediatrics, Moral and ethical aspects.Medical ethics., Children, DiseasesTreatmentMoral and ethical aspects.Ethics, Clinical., Pediatrics., Ethics, Medical.,