Bioethics LEGAL CASES

Legal cases have shaped the world of pediatric bieothics. Below we provide links to legal decisions, and to articles that comment on those decisions. If you know of important cases that we haven't included, please let us know about them and we will add them to this website. Thanks.

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

COMPULSORY TREATMENT IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA

CONSCIENCE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 

CONSENT AND ASSENT IN RESEARCH

DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT (DSD)

GROWTH HORMONE

IMMUNIZATION

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS 

MEDICAL FUTILITY

NEWBORN GENETICS SCREENING

NEWBORNS

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS & CLINICAL DECISIONS

SIBLING DONORS - BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT

SEX, TEENS & MEDIA

SPANKING

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH

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