Abstract

ATUESTA, Juana; VASQUEZ, Pablo; ROA, Juan David  and  ACUNA, Hilda. The Moral Deliberation: The Clinical Ethics Method. Presentation of a Paediatric Case. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2016, vol.45, n.3, pp.224-227. ISSN 0034-7450.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2015.09.0040034-7450/.

Decision-making is one of the most difficult tasks of medical judgment, especially when cases involve paediatric patients with different cultural characteristics. It is the obligation of clinical ethics, taking the interdisciplinary approach as a tool to comprehensively analyse the clinical, social, cultural and legal aspects, among other topics, when choosing the treatment options that will be more beneficial for the patient. A clinical case, should enable this process of analysis and teamwork to be understood in practical way in order to address difficult medical problems.

Keywords : Ethics; Clinical; Ethical analysis.

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