Clinical ethics case consultation

Ethics Med. 2002 Fall;18(3):132-4.

Abstract

Nurses in the Pediatric ICU requested an ethics consultation asking "Is it fair to this child to continue painful experimental surgical procedures?"

MeSH terms

  • Asphyxia Neonatorum / therapy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Ethics Consultation
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
  • Life Support Care
  • Pain*
  • Parental Consent
  • Pediatric Nursing
  • Therapeutic Human Experimentation / ethics*
  • Ventilators, Mechanical