ReviewEuropean journal of pediatrics2022
What does the best interests principle of the convention on the rights of the child mean for paediatric healthcare?
Review in European journal of pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Age limits and shared decision-making in paediatric healthcare: an exploratory survey of the Young European Academy of Paediatrics.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- "What's in It for the Kid?": An Approach for the Bedside Ethicist.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A framework to amplify the voices of underrepresented children and young people in rare disease research.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Article
- Legal, ethical and moral dilemma of human cloning: the conflict between technological progress and human dignity.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Preparing Adolescents and Equipping Parents for End-of-Life Care Preventing and Mitigating Moral Dilemmas.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2025Article
- Navigating healthcare decision-making for children requiring life-sustaining medical treatment in Ireland: exploring clinician perspectives through the lens of the Irish legal system.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Hoping Against Hope: Ethical Considerations when Trying Unproven Treatments for Seriously Ill Children.Asian bioethics review · 2025Article
- As low as reasonably practicable (ALARP): a moral model for clinical risk management in the setting of technology dependence.Journal of medical ethics · 2024Article
- The Concept of Child-Centred Care in Healthcare: A Scoping Review.Pediatric reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
The present review analyses the implications of the best interests of the child principle, which is one of the most widely discussed principles of medical ethics and human rights, for paediatric healthcare. As a starting point, it presents the interpretation of the best interests principle by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. On this basis, it points out possible fields of application of the best interests principle with regard to paediatric healthcare and discusses the potential difficulties in the application of the best interests principle. Based on this, it illustrates the implications of the best interests principle for paediatric healthcare through four case studies, which look at ethical dilemmas in paediatric gynaecology, end-of-life care, HIV care and genetic testing. Conclusion: The best interests principle requires action, inter alia, by health policymakers, professional associations, hospital managers and medical teams to ensure children receive the best possible healthcare. Whilst the best interests principle does not provide a conclusive solution to all ethical dilemmas in paediatric healthcare (as illustrated by the case studies), it provides children, medical teams, parents and families, and clinical ethicists with an indispensable framework for health care centred on the rights of the child. What is Known: • The best interests principle is one of the most widely discussed principles of medical ethics and human rights and one of the four general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. What is New: • The present review discusses possible fields of application and potential difficulties of the best interests principle with regard to paediatric healthcare. • Based on this, it illustrates the implications of the best interests principle for paediatric healthcare through four case studies, which look at ethical dilemmas in paediatric gynaecology, end-of-life care, HIV care and genetic testing.
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