Should Tactile Defensiveness Exclude a Life-Sustaining Intervention in an Adolescent With Autism?

Autor: Wolfe ID; Clinical Ethics Department, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota., Brunnquell D; Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota., Sorensen R; Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio., Matheny Antommaria AH; Ethics Center and.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatrics [Pediatrics] 2022 Mar 01; Vol. 149 (3).
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-054469
Abstrakt: This Ethics Rounds considers the benefits and burdens of a potentially temporary tracheostomy in an adolescent with autism and severe tactile defensiveness.
Competing Interests: CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES: The authors have indicated they have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose.
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Databáze: MEDLINE