Virtual Mentor. August 2003, Volume 5, Number 8.

Suggested Reading and Resources

Resources on Pediatrics

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  • Alliance for Health Reform. Covering Health Issues: A Sourcebook for Journalists. Available at: http://www.allhealth.org/sourcebook2002/ch2_tc.html. Accessed on July 21, 2003.
  • American Academy of Bioethics. Religious objections to medical care. Pediatrics. 1997;99:279-281.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics and Committee of Hospital Care. Palliative care for children. Pediatrics. 2000;106:351-357.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics. Guidelines on foregoing life-sustaining medical treatment. Pediatrics 1994; 93:532-536.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Workforce. Scope of practice issues in the delivery of pediatric health care. Pediatrics. 2003;111:426-435.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Child Health Financing. Implementation principles and strategies for the state children's health insurance program. Pediatrics. 2001;107:1214-1220.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics. Periodic Survey #38, Division of Child Health Research. 1997-1998.
  • American Medical Association. Principle I. Principles of Medical Ethics. Code of Medical Ethics, Current Opinions with Annotations. Chicago: AMA Press; 2002: xiv.
  • American Medical Association. Principle VIII. Principles of Medical Ethics. Code of Medical Ethics, Current Opinions with Annotations. Chicago: AMA Press; 2002: xiv.
  • American Medical Association. The use of minors as organ and tissue donors. Code of Medical Ethics.
  • Barlow SE, Dietz WH. Obesity evaluation and treatment: expert committee recommendations. Pediatrics. 1998;102:E29.
  • Black WC. The etiology of acute infectious gingivostomatitis (Vincent's stomatitis). J Pediatr. 1942;20:145-160.
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services. Fiscal Year 2002 number of children ever enrolled in SCHIP–preliminary data summary. January 30, 2003. Available at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalSCHIPPolicy/SCHIPER/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=-99&sortByDID=2&sortOrder=ascending&itemID=CMS056901&intNumPerPage=20. Accessed July 21, 2003.
  • Chan LS, Takata GS, Shekelle P, Morton SC, Mason W, Marcy SM. Evidence assessment of management of acute otitis media. II. Research gaps and priorities for future research. Pediatrics. 2001;108:248-254.
  • Clinton White House. The Clinton presidency: improving the nation's health care. Available at: http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-07.html. Accessed on July 21, 2003.
  • Cohen P. How can generative theories of the effects of punishment be tested? Pediatrics. 1996;98:834-836.
  • Committee on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics. Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice. Pediatrics.1995;95:314-317.
  • Crouch RA, Elliott C. Moral agency and the family: the case of living related organ transplantation. Cambridge Quart Healthcare Ethics. 1999; 8: 275-287.
  • Davidoff AJ, Garett B, Schirmer M. Children eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled: how great a policy concern? The Urban Institute. September 2000. Series A, No. A-41. Accessed July 24, 2003.
  • Eisert S, Gabow P. Effect of child health insurance plan enrollment on the utilization of health care services by children using a public safety net system. Pediatrics. 2002;110:940-945.
  • Deatrick JA, Woodring BC, Tollefson TL. Children should be seen and heard. Chronically ill children should have a voice in treatment decisions. Health Prog. 1990;71:76-79.
  • Dixon-Woods M, Young B, Heney D. Partnership with children. BMJ. 1999;319:778-780.
  • Fagot-Campagna A, Pettitt DJ, Engelgan MM, et al. Type 2 diabetes among North American children and adolescents: an epidemiologic review and a public health perspective. J. Pediatr. 2000:136;664-672.
  • Feld P, Matlock C, Sandman DR. Insuring the children of New York City's low-income families. The Commonwealth Fund. Available at http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=221403. Accessed July 21, 2003.
  • Finkelstein, J. SCHIP headed for dive in funding, access. AMNews. July 28, 2003. Available at http://www.amednews.com/2003/gvsb0728. Accessed on July 24, 2003.
  • Froom J, Culpepper L, Jacobs M, et al. Antimicrobials for acute otitis media? A review from the International Primary Care Network. BMJ. 1997;315:98-102.
  • Gandle EL. It sounds like child abuse—but is it? Am Fam Physician. 2002;65:330, 332, 334.
  • General Accounting Office. Medicaid and SCHIP: states use varying approaches to monitor children's access to care. Available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03222.pdf. Accessed July 21, 2003.
  • Gerald L, Geison GL. Pasteur's work on rabies: reexamining the ethical issues. Hastings Center Report. 1978;8:26-33.
  • Graziano AM, Hamblen JL, Plante WA. Subabusive violence in child rearing in middle-class American families. Pediatrics. 1996;98:845-848
  • Harrisson C, Kenny NP, Sidarous M, Rowell M. Bioethics for clinicians: involving children in medical decisions. Can Med Assoc J. 1997;156:825-828.
  • Hart v Brown, 289 A2d 386 (Connecticut, 1972).
  • HCA Inc v SAM, 36 SW3d 187 (Tex App 2000).
  • Hemenway D, Solnick S, Carter J. Child rearing violence. Child Abuse Negl. 1994;18:1011-1020.
  • Hill I, Lutzky AW. Getting in, not getting in, and why: understanding SCHIP enrollment. The Urban Institute (occasional paper number 66). Available at http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/310793_OP-66.pdf. Accessed July 21, 2003.
  • Holahan J, Wiener JM, Lutzky AW. Health policy for low-income people: states' responses to new challenges. Health Affairs (web exclusive). Available at http://www.healthaffairs.org/WebExclusives/2104Holahan2.pdf. Accessed on July 21, 2003.
  • Howard BJ, from Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health. Advising parents on discipline: what works. Pediatrics. 1996;:98:809-815.
  • Johnson J, Mitchell C. Responding to parental requests to forego pediatric nutrition and hydration. J Clin Ethics 2000; 11:128-135.
  • Kairys SW, Alexander RC et al, AAP Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2001-2002. When inflicted skin injuries constitute child abuse. Pediatrics. 2002;110:644-645.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation. Public opinion on the uninsured. Kaiser Health Poll Report. Available at http://www.kff.org/spotlight/uninsured/index.cfm. Accessed on July 21, 2003.
  • Kato T, Mittal N, Nishida S, et al. The role of intestinal transplantation in the management of babies with extensive gut resections. J Pediatr Surg 2003; 38:145-149.
  • Kempe A, Renfrew B, Barrow J, Cherry D, Levinson A, Steiner JF. The first 2 years of a state child health insurance plan: whom are we reaching? Pediatrics. April 2003;111:735-740.
  • Lantos JD. Treatment refusal, noncompliance, and the pediatrician's responsibilities. Ped Annals. 1989;18:255-260.
  • Larzelere RE. A review of the outcomes of parental use of nonabusive or customary physical punishment. Pediatrics. 1996:824-828.
  • Levetown M. Ethical aspects of pediatric palliative care. J Palliative Care 1996; 12(3):35-39.
  • Levine MD, Ringham RM, Kalarchian MA, Wisniewski L, Marcus MD. Is family-based behavioral weight control appropriate for severe pediatric obesity? Int J Eat Disord. November 2001:30;318-328.
  • Lewit EM, Bennett C, Behrman RE. Health insurance for children: analysis and recommendations. The Future of Children 13(1). Available at http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/tfoc13-1b.pdf. Accessed on July 24, 2003.
  • Little P, Gould C, Williamson I, Moore M, Warner G, Dunleavey J. Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two prescribing strategies for childhood acute otitis media. BMJ. 2001;322:336-342.
  • Macklin R. Consent, coercion and conflict of rights. Perspect Biol Med. 1977;20:365-6.
  • McCormick KF. Attitudes of primary care physicians toward corporal punishment. JAMA. 1992;267:3161-3165, in Guidance for Effective Discipline
  • McCracken GH Jr. Prescribing antimicrobial agents for treatment of acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999;18:1141-1146.
  • Masden v Harrison, No 68651 Eq (Massachusetts, June 12, 1957).
  • Murphy TF. Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics. Cambridge: MIT Press; forthcoming 2004.
  • National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Health Interview Survey, Table 1.1. Number and percent of persons without health insurance coverage, by age group: United States, 1997–2002. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/table01_1.htm.
  • Nelson LJ, Ruston CH, Cranford RE, et al. Foregoing medically provided nutrition and hydration in pediatric patients. J Law Med Ethics 1995; 23:33-46.
  • North Carolina General Assembly. Subchapter I: abuse, neglect, dependency. In: NCGA General Statutes, Chapter 7B;101. Available at: http://www.ncleg.net/Statutes/GeneralStatutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_7B.html.
  • Penkower JA. The potential right of chronically ill adolescents to refuse life-saving medical treatment–fatal misuse of the mature minor doctrine. DePaul L Rev. 1996;45:1165-1174.
  • Prince vs Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 321 US 158 (1944).
  • Ramsey P. The enforcement of morals: non-therapeutic research on children. Hastings Center Report. 1976;6:21-30.
  • Roberts MW, Powers SW. Adjusting chair time-out enforcement procedures for oppositional children. Behav Ther. 1990;21:257-271.
  • Rosen P. Religious freedom and forced transfusion of Jehovah's Witness children. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 1996;14:241-243.
  • Rosenfeld RM, Vertrees JE, Carr J, et al. Clinical efficacy of antimicrobial drugs for acute otitis media: metaanalysis of 5400 children from thirty-three randomized trials. J Pediatr. 1994;124:355-367.
  • Rothman DJ, Rothman SM. The Willowbrook Wars. New York: Harper and Row; 1984:256-266.
  • Rudolph AM, Kamei RK, Overby KO, eds. Rudolph's Essentials of Pediatrics, 3rd Ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 2002: 882.
  • Shafer A. Who decides for the child? The case of Tyrell Dueck.
  • Silverman F. The 'Monster' study. Journal of Fluency Disorders. 1988;13:225-231.
  • Sklansky M. Neonatal euthanasia: moral considerations and criminal liability. J Med Ethics 2001; 27:5-11.
  • Spital A. Should children ever donate kidneys? Transplantation. 1997; 64:232-236.
  • Straus MA. Spanking and the making of a violent society. Pediatrics. 1996;98:837-842
  • Summary of good practices. In: British Medical Association. Consent, Rights and Choices in Health Care for Children and Young People. London, BMJ Press; 2000:228-239.
  • Task Force on Family for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Report of the Task Force on Family. Pediatrics. 2003;111(suppl):1541-1571.
  • United Nations. Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. Geneva: UN, 1989.
  • Van Zuijlen DA, Schilder AGM, Van Balen FAM, Hoes AW. National differences in incidence of acute mastoiditis: relationship to prescribing patterns of antibiotics for acute otitis media? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001;20:140-144.
  • Veilleux DR. Medical practitioner's liability for treatment given child without parent's consent. ALR. 2001;67(4);511-518.
  • Wertlieb D. Converging trends in family research and pediatrics: recent findings for the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on the Family. Pediatrics. 2003;111(suppl):1572-1587.
  • Wolfe J. Suffering in children at the end of life: recognizing an ethical duty to palliate. J Clin Ethics 2000; 11:157-162.
  • Wolraich ML, Aceves J, Feldman HM, et al, Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, American Academy of Pediatrics. Policy statement: guidance for effective discipline RES 740. Pediatrics. 1998;101:723-728.
  • Zamstein v Marvasti. 240 Conn.
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