UT Southwestern's Ethics Grand Rounds: "When 'Why' Matters: Reasons in Pediatric Decision-Making"

Speaker: Erica K. Salter, Ph.D.

Chair of the Department of Health Care Ethics at the Center for Health Care Ethics and Associate Professor of Health Care Ethics and Pediatrics at Saint Louis University

Abstract: Using case examples, this presentation will explore the normative dimensions of medical decision-making on behalf of children. A framework of six inter-related principles will be offered to define the contours of moral agency and obligation in pediatric decision-making, including authority principles, guidance principles, intervention principles and relational principles. In particular, the role of "reasonableness" and reason-giving will be discussed as it relates both to decisions about state intervention on parental decisions and about share decision-making conversations.

CME

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (including medical ethics and/or professional responsibility).

NCPD 

UT Southwestern Medical Center is accredited as a provider of nursing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity has been awarded 1.0 credit hour.

For additional information about this lecture, please refer to the announcement.

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