MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Canadian Paediatric Society, Omphalocele
9 Aug 2020
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Children are not little adults: psychology (ability to reason , physiology (metabolism, absorption, excretion, cognitive ability, therefore ethical concerns different. Categories of children: neonates, infants, toddlers, school age, pre teens, teens, states; that a person has the right to consent to or refuse treatment if they have mental capacity. In order to have capacity, a person must have the "ability" to understand and appreciate the consequences of the treatment decision. Do the benefits outweigh the risk of harm? (**risks/benefits as the person would consider them) The canadian paediatric society (cps) and the society of obstetricians and. Significant midback protrusion, hydrocephelus, also has trouble keeping and opportunities birth oxygen saturation levels in the 90s: parents live in a rural area with 3 other children; both work. They are concerned that duncan is suffering. They do not know how they would take care of duncan at home. They are considering stopping all life-prolonging interventions. Thought-provoking case: 30-week gestation neonate, mary.
