The Link is a monthly publication of the Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, headed by Mary Anne Jackson, MD, Section Chief of Infectious Diseases. The articles contained in this are written by CMH&C physicians and employees, and address timely issues in pediatric medicine.
Starting in January, 2011 the Children's Mercy Bioethics Center has contributed monthly articles for publication, listed below:
2012:
March, "How Advances in Fetal Diagnosis Affect Decision-Making", John Lantos, MD
February, "Pediatric Transplantation and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities", John Lantos, MD
January, "FDA Approves the Berlin Heart: Why Did It Take So Long?", John Lantos, MD
2011:
December, "Should Parents Have Direct Access to Their Children's Lab Results?", John Lantos, MD
November, "Will the Supreme Court Strike Down Obama Care?", John Lantos, MD
October, "In Utero Surgery for Myelomeningocele", John Lantos, MD
September, "The Supreme Court, Physicians, and Violent Video Games", John Lantos, MD
August, "Handling Vaccine Hesitancy", John Lantos, MD; Sonia Gowda, Intern
July, "Probiotics in the NICU", John Lantos, MD
June, "Testing for Krabbe Disease", John Lantos, MD; Sonia Gowda, Intern
May, "Cochlear Implants for Children", John Lantos, MD
April, "Is NICU Care Obligatory for 24-weekers?", John Lantos, MD
January/February, "Do Adults Have a Right to Smoke When Kids are Around?", John Lantos, MD
The American Academy of Pediatrics publishes their journal, Pediatrics, with John Lantos contributing regularly to a series titled "Ethics Rounds". Listed below are links to recent articles:
2012:
A Saudi Family Making End-of-Life Decisions in the PICU. Sayeed S, Padela A, Naim MY, Lantos JD. Pediatrics. 2012 Mar 5
Testing children for adult-onset genetic diseases. Caga-anan EC, Smith L, Sharp RR, Lantos JD. Pediatrics. 2012 Jan;129(1):163-7
An infant with trisomy 18 and a ventricular septal defect. Janvier A, Okah F, Farlow B, Lantos JD. Pediatrics. 2011 Apr;127(4):754-9
Bone marrow donation between siblings living in different families. Diekema DS, Joffe S, Vandeven AM, Lantos JD. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):158-62