title: [The first Danish paediatric ethical committee].
abstract: We report the experiences from the first two years of a paediatric ethical committee at Rigshospitalet. The committee consists of five clinicians (nurses and doctors) and five non-clinicians. Themes of the sixteen reported case were: genetic testing, life-sustaining treatment ("when is enough enough?"), non-consensus between the parents and health personal and between different health personal, controversies to different religious wishes and to optimizing resources of the department versus individual care of a critically ill child. Within paediatrics a need for ethical reflection seems obvious.
authors.affiliation: Rigshospitalet, BørneUngeKlinikken, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø. pu@rh.dk.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Uldall
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Gorm
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greisen
authors.forename: Birte Hagelund
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Ester Holte
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kofoed
authors.forename: Jeanette Bresson Ladegaard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nabe-Nielsen
authors.forename: Gitte
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ploug
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sehested
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000941:ethics*