Ethical and legal considerations in the care of children and young people with high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs): an approach to decision making

IF 19.9 1区医学 Q1 PEDIATRICS

Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI:10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00353-5

Prof Elizabeth Whittaker PhD , Ruchi Sinha MD , Andrew Riordan MD , Alejandra Alonso MD , Prof Marieke Emonts PhD , Stephen Owens MD , Jonathan Cohen PhD , Sarah Mahoney MD , David Porter PhD , Beatriz Larru PhD , Shelley Segal PhD , Joe Brierley MD

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Abstract

High consequence infectious diseases (such as Ebola virus or avian influenza) require specialist management with strict isolation to avoid spread to health-care staff and the wider community. These infections present various ethical and legal issues for children and young people. Specific challenges include the impact of isolation on the child and family (potentially without a child's consent), limitations to care due to staff safety considerations, and reduction of resources for other children (due to potential closure of paediatric intensive care unit beds). The complex decision making required in these scenarios needs timely ethical support. As planning for future pandemics accelerates, we suggest that the ethical and legal considerations involved in delivering care to affected children and their families need urgent consideration, and we have highlighted the important areas for focus to provide a route map for this important undertaking.

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Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Psychology-Developmental and Educational Psychology

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40.90

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0.80%

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381

期刊介绍： The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, an independent journal with a global perspective and strong clinical focus, presents influential original research, authoritative reviews, and insightful opinion pieces to promote the health of children from fetal development through young adulthood. This journal invite submissions that will directly impact clinical practice or child health across the disciplines of general paediatrics, adolescent medicine, or child development, and across all paediatric subspecialties including (but not limited to) allergy and immunology, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, fetal and neonatal medicine, gastroenterology, haematology, hepatology and nutrition, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology, psychiatry, respiratory medicine, and surgery. Content includes articles, reviews, viewpoints, clinical pictures, comments, and correspondence, along with series and commissions aimed at driving positive change in clinical practice and health policy in child and adolescent health.