| Children, Families, and Health Care Decision Making Contributor(s): Ross, Lainie Friedman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198237634 ISBN-13: 9780198237631 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $175.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: Ross here 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. She opposes the current movement to increase child autonomy, in favor of respect for family autonomy and proposes significant changes in what informed consent allows and requires for pediatric health care decisions. The first systematic medical ethics book that focuses specifically on children's health care, Ross's work has important things to say to health care providers who work with children as well as to ethicists and public policy analysts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Family & Relationships - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 98-27581 |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.67" W x 8.81" (0.77 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ross here 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. She opposes the current movement to increase child autonomy, in favor of respect for family autonomy and proposes significant changes in what informed consent allows and requires for pediatric health care decisions. The first systematic medical ethics book that focuses specifically on children's health care, Ross's work has important things to say to health care providers who work with children as well as to ethicists and public policy analysts. |
