title: Ethical Issues in Pediatric Global Health.
abstract: Children are vulnerable to the priorities and decision-making of adults. Usually, parents/caregivers make the difficult healthcare decisions for their children based on the recommendations from the child's healthcare providers. In global health work, healthcare team members from different countries and cultures may guide healthcare decisions by parents and children, and as a result ethical assumptions may not be shared. As a result, ethical issues in pediatric global health are numerous and complex. Here we discuss critical ethical issues in global health at an individual and organizational level in hopes this supports optimized decision-making on behalf of children worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, NH 03755-1404, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Medicine, Neonatology, The Newborn Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin, WT6104, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Gautham K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, NH 03755-1404, USA; Section of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Clinical Ethics Committee, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. Electronic address: Timothy.Lahey@Dartmouth.edu.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lahey
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics / Q000193:education; D002648:Child; D054521:Cultural Competency; D014943:Global Health / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000941:ethics*; D020458:Third-Party Consent
keywords: Child welfare; Cultural competency; Ethics; Global health; Poverty