A STUDY OF CLINICAL ETHICS IN A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: THE PLACE GIVEN TO THE PATIENT IN THE DECISIONMAKING

Authors

  • G. DURAND Université de Nantes, France. Maison des Sciences de l’homme Ange-Guépin, 5 Allée Jacques Berque, 44000 Nantes
  • G. DABOUIS Université de Nantes, France. Maison des Sciences de l’homme Ange-Guépin, 5 Allée Jacques Berque, 44000 Nantes.
  • J-M. LIET t, CHU de Nantes, France. Service de Réanimation pédiatrique du CHU de Nantes, 1 place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093 NANTES CEDEX 1.
  • B. GAILLARD-LE ROUX CHU de Nantes, France. Service de Réanimation pédiatrique du CHU de Nantes, 1 place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093 NANTES CEDEX 1.

Keywords:

ethics, end of life, child, autonomy, withdraw life support

Abstract

In pediatric intensive care unit, pediatricians, ICU doctors, psychologists, nurses, nursing assistant are faced with children who express, in a verbal and nonverbal way, their fears, their desires and their wills concerning cares and their end of life. How such expressions are interpreted and considered in the decision-making ? This article proposes the synthesis of 12 consultations of clinical ethics in the pediatric intensive care unit of the CHU of Nantes from August, 2011 till June, 2014 and questions the place which is given to the young patient by nursing staff and parents in the decision-making.

Published

2022-11-20

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 5-6: DSS

Section

Articles