[The Moral Deliberation: The Clinical Ethics Method. Presentation of a Paediatric Case]

Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Jul-Sep;45(3):224-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2015.09.004. Epub 2015 Oct 23.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Decision-making is one of the most difficult tasks of medical judgment, especially when cases involve paediatric patients with different cultural characteristics. It is the obligation of clinical ethics, taking the interdisciplinary approach as a tool to comprehensively analyse the clinical, social, cultural and legal aspects, among other topics, when choosing the treatment options that will be more beneficial for the patient. A clinical case, should enable this process of analysis and teamwork to be understood in practical way in order to address difficult medical problems.

Keywords: Análisis ético; Clinical; Ethical analysis; Ethics; Ética médica.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amputation, Surgical / ethics*
  • Clinical Decision-Making / ethics*
  • Clinical Decision-Making / methods
  • Culturally Competent Care / ethics
  • Dissent and Disputes*
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Humans
  • Indians, South American
  • Leg Injuries / ethnology
  • Leg Injuries / surgery*
  • Male
  • Professional-Family Relations / ethics*
  • Third-Party Consent / ethics