TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and the Ethics of Clinical Research in Pediatrics
AU - Lantos, J. D.
AU - Frader, J.
PY - 1990/8/9
Y1 - 1990/8/9
N2 - The emergence of an innovative treatment as standard therapy has serious legal, ethical, and economic consequences, especially in pediatrics. Since children are unable to consent to or refuse treatment for themselves, the provision of standard therapy may be legally and ethically obligatory.1 Parents who refuse to consent to standard therapy may be accused of medical neglect and may face legal consequences.2,3 By contrast, the use of experimental therapy is restricted by both laws and ethical norms.4,5 When physicians propose to use experimental therapies in conducting research on children, parents may refuse to allow their children to participate and may withdraw…
AB - The emergence of an innovative treatment as standard therapy has serious legal, ethical, and economic consequences, especially in pediatrics. Since children are unable to consent to or refuse treatment for themselves, the provision of standard therapy may be legally and ethically obligatory.1 Parents who refuse to consent to standard therapy may be accused of medical neglect and may face legal consequences.2,3 By contrast, the use of experimental therapy is restricted by both laws and ethical norms.4,5 When physicians propose to use experimental therapies in conducting research on children, parents may refuse to allow their children to participate and may withdraw…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199008093230610
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199008093230610
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 2196466
AN - SCOPUS:0025295749
VL - 323
SP - 409
EP - 413
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 6
ER -