Have you ever
- Wondered how to deal with a family that repeatedly fails to keep
clinic appointments?
- Disagreed with colleagues over a proposed course of treatment for a
child?
- Considered ways to 'bump' a child on a waiting to speed up their
assessment?
These are a few of the scenarios faced by clinicians in neurodisability
on a daily basis. Ethics in Child Health explores the ethical
dimensions of these issues that have either been ignored or not
recognised. Each chapter is built around a scenario familiar to
clinicians and is discussed with respect to how ethical principles can
be utilised to inform decision-making. Useful "Themes for Discussion"
are provided at the end of each chapter to help professionals and
students develop practical ethical thinking. Ethics in Child Health
offers a set of principles that clinicians, social workers and
policy-makers can utilise in their respective spheres of influence.