This paper reviews the ethical literature on conflicts between health professionals and
parents about medical decision-making for children. We present the results of a systematic …

When shared decision making breaks down and parents and medical providers have
developed entrenched and conflicting views, ethical frameworks are needed to find a way …

For many years the prevailing paradigm for medical decision making for children has been
the best interest standard. Recently, some authors have proposed that Mill's “harm principle” …

In a small but picturesque village named Saint-Girons on the majestic French Atlantic coast
some 50 miles north of Biarritz, the square in front of the chapel bears a high-flown name …

A growing number of bioethics papers endorse the harm threshold when judging whether to
override parental decisions. Among other claims, these papers argue that the harm …

This work clarifies the role of the best interest standard (BIS) as ethical principle in the
medical care of children. It relates the BIS to the ethical framework of medical practice. The …

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has refocused attention on the issue of
mandatory vaccination. Some have suggested that vaccines ought to be mandatory, while …

The concept of children's well-being or welfare is frequently invoked in public debate in a
wide variety of legal, political, medical, educational and familial contexts. There is broad …

Given the limited number of pediatric-specific palliative care programs, palliative care
providers of all disciplines may be called on to care for infants, children, and adolescents …

The World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy (that is, an individual's lack of
confidence in vaccines, often leading to vaccine refusal)'as one of the major threats to global …