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What should happen when doctors and parents disagree on what would be best for the child? When should the courts be involved? Should life support be terminated against the wishes of the parents? The case of Charlie Gard gained worldwide attention in 2017 and triggered...

This book examines a range of ethical issues related to children's health and healthcare. It describes the field of paediatric ethics, a unique and important aspect of the discipline of bioethics, the study of moral conduct in healthcare and the rational process of...

Ethics and palliative care consultations have much to offer and to those trying to work through the very complex and often tragic cases they encounter in their daily practice. Potential strengths include clarifying...

Ross presents an original and controversial look at the moral principles that guide parents in making health care decisions for their children and the role of children in the decision-making process. He argues against the current movement towards...

In nursing ethics, the role of narrative and dialogue has become more prominent in recent years. The aim of this article is to illuminate a relational and narrative approach to ethics in the context of palliative nursing. The case study presented deals with the difficult...

Surgical ethics is the application of ethics to issues specific to surgery. This volume contains a collection of clinical case studies outlining the wide range of ethical issues facing surgeons today. It is an excellent text for teaching ethics ...

This book provides a timely collection of highly readable debate-style arguments contributed by many of today's leading bioethics scholars, focusing on the core bioethical issues of the 21st century. It is written in an engaging format in the style of...

I believe that the standard for ethical decision-making should be the same for all patients: appropriate medical interventions, careful consideration of their benefits and burdens, and respect for patients' lives. When a cure is not possible, the balance between...

A case-based approach that provides the advice and skills doctors need to help patients and useful in overcoming ethical challenges. This book offers both trainees and practitioners a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to...

Hailed as an 'outstanding achievement' and a 'must-read for any serious student of bioethics', this book is the first systematic examination of the methods and analysis of a wide variety of disciplines - such as economic anthropology, epidemiology, health research, law,...

Surgery is an important palliative treatment for patients with advanced cancer. In addition to concerns about clinical decision-making, various moral challenges are encountered in palliative surgery. Some of these relate to the patients and their illness, others...

This book covers the basic legal principles, key cases and laws governing medical law, as well as the key debates and ethical dilemmas that exist in this field. Carefully structured it highlights these debates, showing European viewpoints,...

Palliative sedation (sedation causing unconsciousness) as an option of last resort for intractable end-of-life suffering has been the subject of ongoing discussion and debate, as well as policy formulation. A particularly controversial...

This book explores how traditional and new issues in clinical medicine, research, public health and health policy may look different in infectious diseases. The authors argue that both practice and policy must recognise that the patient with...

2018 Colleen M.Marty, Brian S.Carter The perinatal world is unique in its conscientious consideration of two patients in decision-making and clinical management - the fetus and the pregnant woman. The potential of the fetal-newborn is intertwined with the absolute...