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Author Miller, Richard B.

Title Children, ethics, and modern medicine / Richard B. Miller.

Publication Info. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 305 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Medical ethics
Medical ethics series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Parental responsibility in fear and trembling -- The duty to care -- Pediatric paternalism -- Representing patients -- Basic interests -- A fighter, doing God's will: technologically tethered, retaining fluids, on steroids, sedated, and four years old -- Respecting Jackson Bales's religious refusal: on what grounds? -- Ericka's sepsis, Lia's convulsions, and cultural differences -- (Properly) marginalized altruism: screening organ donations from strangers -- The politics and ethics of a hospital ethics committee -- Ethical issues in pediatric research -- Conclusion: on liberal care.
Summary [Utilizing a form of medical ethnography to investigate a variety of pediatric contexts, Richard B. Miller tests the fit of different ethical approaches in various medical settings to arrive at a new paradigm for how best to care for children. Miller cont.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Pediatrics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Pediatrics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Pediatrics.
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics.
Children -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Children -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Children -- Diseases -- Treatment.
Ethics, Clinical.
Pediatrics.
Ethics, Medical.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Children.
Other Form: Print version: Miller, Richard B. Children, ethics, and modern medicine. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2003 0253342228 (DLC) 2002014748 (OCoLC)50639266
ISBN 0253109922 (electronic book)
9780253109927 (electronic book)
0253342228 (alkaline paper)
9780253342225 (alkaline paper)