Bioethics in the Pediatric ICU: Ethical Dilemmas Encountered in the Care of Critically Ill Children

• Main Authors: Miller-Smith, Laura (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Finnsdóttir Wagner, Ásdís (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lantos, John D. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 77
• Subjects: Bioethics.; Pediatrics.; Medical education.; Medical Education.

This book examines the many ethical issues that are encountered in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). It supports pediatricians, nurses, residents, and other providers in their daily management of critically ill children with the dilemmas that arise. It begins by examining the evolution of pe...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Intro and overview of a clinical ethics framework for decisions in pediatric critical care
• 2. The epidemiology of life-threatening illness in childhood
• 3. End-of-life discussions in the PICU
• 4. Medical Futility
• 5. Children as Organ Donors
• 6. Controversies about Brain Death
• 7. Moral Distress
• 8. Resource allocation in the PICU. .