The ethical dilemmas and predominant frameworks surrounding decision making for
critically ill newborns have evolved substantially over the last 40 years. A shared decision …

Background One of the most important and ethically challenging decisions made for children
with life-limiting conditions is withholding/withdrawing life-sustaining treatments (LST). As …

Inherent in providing healthcare for youth lie tensions among best interests, decision-making
capacity, rights, and legal authority. Transgender (trans) youth experience barriers to …

Background: Most children die in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units after decisions
are made to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments. These decisions can be …

Critical decision-making in neonatology and other areas of pediatrics often carries with it a
complex and difficult ethical component. For any treatment under consideration, the …

Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa, particularly in children
under five years of age. Availability of effective anti-malarial drug treatment is a cornerstone …

Healthcare decision making for children has adopted the best interest of the child standard,
a principle originally employed by judges to adjudicate child placement in the case of …

This work clarifies the role of the best interest standard (BIS) as ethical principle in the
medical care of children. It relates the BIS to the ethical framework of medical practice. The …

Care of the preterm infant has improved tremendously over the last 60 years, with attendant
improvement in outcomes. For the extremely preterm infant,< 28 weeks' gestation, concerns …

While the best interest standard (BIS) enjoys wide endorsement as the ethical and decision-
making standard in pediatrics, it has been criticized as vague and indeterminate. Alternate …