title: Ethical aspects when treating traumatized refugee children and their families.
abstract: Basic ethical principles are worth analysing step by step when dealing with refugee children and their families. Three issues where potential ethical conflicts might arise for healthcare professionals in treating refugees with different cultural background are pointed out--traumatic life events, hierarchy and repatriation. An ethical analysis of the decision to admit a traumatized teenage refugee to a psychiatric ward is discussed with respect for the ethical principles autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice. There are both gains and losses, which are valued differently depending on the actors involved.
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden. Gunilla.Jarkman-Bjorn@lio.se
authors.forename: Gunilla Jarkman
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Björn
authors.forename: Ake
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Björn
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000941:ethics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000941:ethics; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D013548:Sweden; D000092864:Suicide Prevention