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 DECISIONSSIBLING DONORS - BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT
SEX, TEENS & MEDIA
SPANKING
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
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