Duty of care

Isaacs, David

doi:10.1111/jpc.14297

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“…If the patient is unable to think clearly and lacks capacity, the medical practitioner has a ‘duty of care’, a moral obligation to his or her patient . They should consider the Hippocratic principles of not doing harm (non‐maleficence) and of doing good (beneficence) while assessing what the young person would have wanted if he or she was old enough to reason or had they been able to think clearly.…”

Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

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Restraint in paediatrics: A delicate balance

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2019

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Patient restraint in health care is currently under intense review. There are two disparate groups that should be considered. First, infants and young children are commonly restrained while undergoing simple medical procedures such as venepuncture or immunisation, and this practice may be better framed as 'hugging' not 'holding'. Second, there is a distinct but significant group of children and adolescents with serious psychiatric or organic illness with behavioural disturbances necessitating restraint, who are the primary focus of this paper. Nevertheless, the balance between restraining any young person in health care and causing preventable harm is delicate: any form of child restraint, whether physical, chemical or seclusion, merits ethical reflection and should be undertaken judiciously. All clinicians should prioritise the dignity and privacy of the young person while weighing the vulnerability of this cohort of patients.

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Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Restraint in paediatrics: A delicate balance

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2019

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Duty of care

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Restraint in paediatrics: A delicate balance

Restraint in paediatrics: A delicate balance

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