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Enhancing Quality Ethics Consultations in Pediatric Medicine
… occur predominantly in the adult realm of medicine, alternatively in Pediatric Medicine there is a widespread lack of training and skilled professionals to service these requests. Most of the literature in pediatric ethics consultations revolves around mirroring adult ethics consultations. …
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An Enhanced Model for Parental Decision Making for Pediatric Care
<p>Pediatric medicine, the branch of medicine dedicated to taking care of children, is a relatively new medical specialty, developing in the mid-19th century. Pediatrics emerged as society began to believe that children were different from adults and in need of specialized care. Soon after the …
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An Ethical Framework For Communication of Prognosis in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
… framework for communication of prognosis in the pediatric critical care setting. This dissertation argues that an ethical framework for communication of prognosis in the pediatric critical care setting is necessary because ethical communication transactions lead to better care for pediatric …
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The Participation Of NGOs In Healthcare: The Case Of Pediatric Cancer Treatment In Argentina
… specifically evident in programs that focus on pediatric oncology treatment due to the fact that ideas about childhood, chronic disease, and mortality construct an unusual collaborative framework between governmental and non-governmental healthcare professionals. Pediatric cancer contradicts …
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Patient and family experiences with peri-operative care for spinal fusion surgery
Children with medical complexity (CMC) require increased number and length of hospitalizations, and increased need for care coordination.1-3 Many complex children with neuromuscular diseases have scoliosis, or a deformity of the spine. Often, scoliosis in these patients affects multiple organ …
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Emergency Department Use by Asian American Children
… visits by children under 18 years to two urban pediatric EDs between June 2011 and May 2012. Demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical data were extracted from the patients' electronic medical records. A logistic regression model was used to assess the patients' odds of high ED utilization (at …