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Ethical Issues in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology pp 19–35Cite as

Ethical Principles in the Practice of Medicine

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In approaching children with cancer and their caregivers, healthcare practitioners face numerous scenarios in which those involved in a child’s care come into conflict. When and how should a diagnosis of cancer be revealed to adolescents and their families and should adolescents be free to deny their parents this knowledge at certain levels of capacity? Who should have the say regarding the distribution of scarce resources? To what extent should healthcare practitioners accommodate traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines within their treatment plans?

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  1. Center for Bioethics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Ryan R. Nash

  2. Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

    Mark J. Wells

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  1. Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Kate A. Mazur

  2. Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Stacey L. Berg

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Nash, R.R., Wells, M.J. (2020). Ethical Principles in the Practice of Medicine. In: Mazur, K., Berg, S. (eds) Ethical Issues in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22684-8_2

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