Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Ethical dilemmas arise when there is insufficient scientific evidence to support a clear clinical decision.When a treatment is nearly perfect in its efficacy and outcome and bears tolerable adverse side-effects-such as surgery for acute appendicitisthere is little left to argue against its implementation in the clinical setting.When data is unavailable or particularly difficult to gather, however, physicians face clinical uncertainty.Questions of this sort come up frequently in the pediatric population due to the shortage of clinical pediatric data, difficulty in obtaining data over lengthy follow-up periods, and the vulnerable nature of children.
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Authors: Anna Shifrin, Darshak Sanghavi
Institution: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W134073672