Abstract
We report the experiences from the first two years of a paediatric ethical committee at Rigshospitalet. The committee consists of five clinicians (nurses and doctors) and five non-clinicians. Themes of the sixteen reported case were: genetic testing, life-sustaining treatment ("when is enough enough?"), non-consensus between the parents and health personal and between different health personal, controversies to different religious wishes and to optimizing resources of the department versus individual care of a critically ill child. Within paediatrics a need for ethical reflection seems obvious.
Bidragets oversatte titel | The first Danish paediatric ethical committee |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 177 |
Udgave nummer | 21 |
Sider (fra-til) | 1993-5 |
Antal sider | 3 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 12 okt. 2015 |