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Hospital ethics

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By virtue of their training, doctors are primarily focused on clinical outcomes. This doesn’t mean they don’t make moral choices, but sometimes it helps to have an ethicist in the room when patient treatment is being discussed. What happens when doctors and ethicists get together – particularly when the patient under discussion is a young child? And how can philosophy help?Hospital ethics

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The zone of parental discretion - www.whendoctorsandparentsdisagree.com

Ethics of fertility preservation in children - https://jme.bmj.com/content/44/1/27

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Ethics, Infant Health, Cancer, Brain Tumor, Doctors and Medical Professionals, Bio Ethics
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