title: Knowing and practicing ethics.
abstract: The interrelationship between ethics and child and adolescent psychiatry is discussed, particularly as it relates to clinical practice. Three principles for ethical clinical practice are presented from a philosophical perspective and illustrated with two case vignettes. A formulation is reached that states that ethical theory parallels clinical theory.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Ethnics, Louis University, Missouri.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Snider
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Berland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D009014:Morals; D010553:Personality Development; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D012945:Social Values