'The Hopkins Mongol Case': The Dawn of the Bioethics Movement
| Autor: | Norman Fost |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Advisory Committees Clinical Decision-Making MEDLINE Modern history Pediatrics Duodenal atresia 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Medicine Humans Parental Consent Bioethical Issues Esophageal Atresia Terminal Care business.industry Infant Newborn Bioethics History 20th Century medicine.disease Short life Disabled Children Scholarship Withholding Treatment Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Down Syndrome business Foundations |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 146(Suppl 1) |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 |
| Popis: | One of the earliest controversies in the modern history of bioethics was known at the time as "the Hopkins Mongol case," involving an infant with Trisomy 21 and duodenal atresia whose parents declined to consent to surgery. Fluids and feeding were withheld, and the infant died of dehydration after 15 days. The child’s short life had a profound impact on the author’s career and that of several others and ultimately led to changes in the care of children and adults with disabilities and the way difficult end-of-life decisions are made in US hospitals today. It also contributed to the growth of the modern bioethics movement and scholarship focused on pediatric bioethics issues. |
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