A5056713505- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Ethics in medical practice
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Disaster Response and Management
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Foreign Body Medical Cases
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
- Social Media in Health Education
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Albany Medical Center Hospital
2018-2024
University of South Dakota
2023
American Academy of Pediatrics
2023
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2023
Center for Practical Bioethics
2021
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2019
Johns Hopkins University
2019
Tufts University
2015
Vaccines have led to a significant decrease in rates of vaccine-preventable diseases and made impact on the health children. However, some parents express concerns about vaccine safety necessity vaccines. The range from hesitancy immunizations refusal all This clinical report provides information scope problem, facts surrounding common vaccination concerns, latest evidence regarding effective communication techniques for conversation. After reading this report, readers can expect to:...
Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) involves medically unnecessary of parts all the external female genitalia. It is outlawed in United States and much world but still known to occur more than 30 countries. FGM/C most often performed on children, from infancy adolescence, has significant morbidity mortality. In 2018, an estimated 200 million girls women alive at that time had undergone worldwide. Some estimate 500 000 have are risk for having FGM/C. However, pediatric prevalence...
This policy statement aims to enhance comfort and increase knowledge of pediatric organ donation transplantation the general community, specifically focusing on health care professional medical home. The will for neonates, infants, children, adolescents who may become donors or transplant recipients and, thus, is a crucial member patient's team. Understanding donation, transplantation, follow-up are important primary engagement. Furthermore, play role in shaping public policies related...
Increasing use of social media by patients and clinicians creates opportunities as well dilemmas for pediatricians, who must recognize the inherent ethical legal complexity these communication platforms maintain professionalism in all contexts. Social can be a useful tool practice medicine educating both physicians patients, expanding access to health care, identifying high-risk behaviors, contributing research, promoting networking online support, enhancing advocacy, nurturing professional...
Continuous improvement in the clinical performance of neonatal intensive care units (NICU) depends on use locally relevant, reliable data. However, databases with these characteristics are typically unavailable NICUs using paper-based records, while those electronic inaccuracy data and inability to customize commercial systems limit their usability for quality or research purposes. We describe uses a simple, neonatologist-centered system that has been successfully maintained 30 years,...
Objectives Unplanned extubation (UE) rate is a patient safety metric for which there are varied and inconsistently interpreted definitions. We aimed to test the sensitivity of UE rates application different operational Methods analyzed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) quality improvement data on events defined inclusively as “any that was not performed electively, or previously intended time.” extubations were classified involving an endotracheal tube (ETT) either objectively “dislodged”...
There have been significant advances in the medical and surgical options available for contraception management of menses individuals, including those with intellectual developmental disorder. This new statement frames ethical, legal, issues permanent children, adolescents, young adults disorder, emphasizing importance utilizing long-acting reversible minimally invasive treatments, whenever possible. The historical use abuse is briefly reviewed, providing foundation ongoing ethical legal...
Learning that one's child is seriously ill can be devastating, requiring families to decide when and how share information about diagnosis prognosis with their child. In most cases, this disclosure made thoughtfully collaboratively the medical team. Some parents, however, may concerned will take away child's hope, cause emotional pain, or exceed capacity for understanding. Faced competing obligations of truth-telling patient respect parental wishes, pediatricians unsure proceed. This...
Background: Evaluation of applied ethical behavior and professionalism in pediatric sub-specialty trainees remains challenging yet crucial, not only for learner growth development, but milestones evaluation effective feedback. Objective: To develop validate a ethics assessment tool (Pedi-EPAT) that effectively reliably assesses …