Management of major craniofacial anomalies: a pediatric perspective.
Ethical decision-making regarding complex congenital anomalies has evolved along with improvements in neonatal medical and surgical care, but also reflects a changed medical and social environment. The current process is complex and cumbersome, with no guarantee of consensus, and frequently leads to indecision and disagreement. Improvement of the process will require continued professional education, as well as better reconciliation of areas of ambivalence among professionals, families, and society.
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden 08103.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001675:Bioethics; D003657:Decision Making; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D018579:Patient Selection; D010372:Pediatrics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D028761:Withholding Treatment