title: How do we choose?
abstract: The Hearts and Minds of Ghana project improves the lives of those who are less fortunate and have few resources. Providing clear goals for the mission, devising prior guidelines for patient selection and treatment, achieving a better understanding of local culture and expectations, and good team work, facilitate making better ethical decisions, but doesn't make them less difficult.
authors.affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA. beverly.small@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Beverly M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Small
authors.affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hurley
authors.affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Placidi
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000941:ethics; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D005869:Ghana; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000941:ethics; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics*