WHOSE INTERESTS ARE THEY, ANYWAY?
This review both praises Richard Miller's book—a thoughtful, judicious, and comprehensive analysis of bioethics for the pediatric age group, notably the first effort worthy of the name—and points out the work still to be done in this area, work firmly based in and illuminated by Miller's g...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2006
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 141-150 |
Further subjects: | B
basic interests
B Paternalism B best interests B Parents B Beneficence B Bioethics B Autonomy B Children B Richard Miller |
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Summary: | This review both praises Richard Miller's book—a thoughtful, judicious, and comprehensive analysis of bioethics for the pediatric age group, notably the first effort worthy of the name—and points out the work still to be done in this area, work firmly based in and illuminated by Miller's ground-breaking thesis. Specifically, the book rightly compels us to recognize obligations of beneficence as primary and to refocus on the child's basic interests, rather than putative “best” interests. There remains much to be done in defining and discerning basic interests and in distinguishing whose interests are on the table when decisions are being made for seriously ill and dying children. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2006.00260.x |