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Pediatric ethics is a branch of bioethics that analyzes moral aspects of decisions made relating to the healthcare of children including concepts such as capacity, informed consent, adolescent assent and dissent, parental permission, and standards of surrogate decision-making for pediatric patients.

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This refers to the ethics that a person identifies with in respect to people and situations that they deal with in everyday life. It's also related to certain traits that are born with a person, such as empathy, care, and consideration for others.

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Key principles guiding ethical decision-making

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Key principles guiding ethical decision-making

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Beneficence

Non-maleficence

Autonomy

Justice

Veracity

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Key principles guiding ethical decision-making

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Key principles guiding ethical decision-making

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Beneficence

Non-maleficence

Autonomy

Justice

Fidelity

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Autonomy, consent, and decision-making processes

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Autonomy, consent, and decision-making processes

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Autonomy: This is the paramount operative value in adult ethics

Consent: Patients that are 18 and up are responsible for providing consent for their decision making and pertaining to them before a course of action proceeds

Decision-making processes: Expected to make decision for themselves

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Autonomy, consent, and decision-making processes

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Autonomy, consent, and decision-making processes

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Autonomy: Children have the capacity to take part in medical decision-making to some extent

Consent: Parental consent, or consent from a surrogate, must be obtained for medical procedures, treatment, or research

Decision-making processes: Considered a special kind of surrogate decision-making that involves a child, their parent or guardian, and their health care provider

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Patient Privacy and Confidentiality

Transmission of Diseases

Relationships

End-of-Life Issues

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Patient Privacy and Confidentiality

Relationships

Negligence or malpractice

Mandatory reporting

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Ex: In the process of treatment, many patients may refuse pain medication due to the potential of being addicted or because they don't want to be drowsy. This presents a dilemma to a nurse who must choose between a patient's comfort and their own desires.

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Ex: Sometimes described as situation that involve two "rights". Minors cannot make independent decision pertaining to treatment, a responsibility that is legally accorded to the guardian or the parents.

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Parents or guardians have the legal responsibility to make medical decisions in the best interests of their minor children who lack decision-making capacity, but they also have the ethical duty to develop that capacity.

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End-of-life care and treatment decisions for pediatric patients

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End-of-life care and treatment decisions for pediatric patients

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End-of-life decisions should be made with the comfort of the dying child or adolescent as a constant focal point

End-of-life for pediatric patients should include physical comfort, mental and emotional needs, spiritual needs, and practical tasks

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Allocation of healthcare resources for pediatric patients

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Allocation of healthcare resources for pediatric patients

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Consider treatments based on health and medical necessity

They should not be excluded from advanced care therapies without careful consideration of their unique needs and vulnerabilities

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Ethical considerations in experimental treatments and research involving pediatric participants

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Ethical considerations in experimental treatments and research involving pediatric participants

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What if children and parents have conflicting opinions about research participation?

What locations and methods are best for respecting children's privacy?

What protocols are in place for responding to a child's disclosure of harm or abuse?

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Cultural, social, and economic factors influencing pediatric healthcare ethics

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Cultural, social, and economic factors influencing pediatric healthcare ethics

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Customs and beliefs around food

Artistic expression

Language

Religion