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Discontinuation of Life: Ethical and Legal Issues

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This chapter addresses some ethically challenging situations that can occur especially in Pediatric Intensive care Units (PICUs) and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units (PCICUs). It begins with an overview of some principles of Medical Ethics. It continues with a discussion on decision making. Finally it broaches the difficult question of End-of-Life (EOL). This chapter aims at helping cardiac intensivists to resolve moral dilemmas.

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  1. Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

    Denis Devictor

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  2. Pierre Tissières
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  1. Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. 3705, Pittsburgh, 15213, USA

    Ricardo Munoz

  2. School of Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Fifth Ave. 3705, Pittsburgh, 15213, USA

    Victor Morell

  3. Chemin de Normanie 2, Geneve, 1206, Switzerland

    Eduardo Cruz

  4. Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, 5th Ave. 3705, Pittsburgh, 15213, USA

    Carol Vetterly

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Devictor, D., Tissières, P. (2009). Discontinuation of Life: Ethical and Legal Issues. In: Munoz, R., Morell, V., Cruz, E., Vetterly, C. (eds) Critical Care of Children with Heart Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-262-7_55

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