Abstract:
Pediatric Practice often presents us with ethical dilemmas which may be very nuanced. As practitioners we need to have an excellent understanding of ethics and ethical frameworks and an appreciation of how these considerations may color our decision-making process as we practice personalized family-centered care. We may see some of the ethical concepts in very different terms, colored by our previous experience, level of knowledge and education, cultural, religious and societal contexts and we must appreciate that other members of the multi-disciplinary team, parents and care-takers, legal representatives and society may differ in their approach for the same cases. This requires us to have some methodology that takes all of these aspects into account, together with legal considerations, when we make ethical decisions with our young patients and their families. This workshop will therefore explore these areas, giving participants practical and useful tools to help to guide and inform discussions to enable us to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients, under very challenging circumstances indeed.
What will audience learn from your presentation?
- An exploration of the range of understanding and approaches to ethical terms
- An understanding of the challenges of ethical decision making, via the mechanism of a case study
- An insight into the use of ethical decision-making tools and practice in the use of one of these
- A discussion on the multidisciplinary approaches to ethical decision making
