title: Introduction: Ethical and Legal Issues in Pediatrics.
authors.affiliation: Robert M. Sade, M.D., is Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care at the Medical University of South Carolina. He currently chairs the Ethics Committee of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum, and is Associate Editor (Ethics) of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. He is a former chair of the Society of Thoracic Surgeon's Standards and Ethics Committee and the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D033161:Government Regulation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000941:ethics*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*