The particular situation of children in hospitals is discussed on the basis of a principle of equality which is founded on both childrens' rights and theology. It is just because of these equal rights of children that special medical care is required which does justice to the characteristics and the stage of development of children. Medical care like that does not at all have to be a general obstacle to considerations of economic efficiency. The particular dependence of children and stable social surroundings implies a priority of outpatient and home treatment as well as the integration of parents and other important persons to whom the child relates closely when it comes to an inevitable admission in a hospital. A model of medical ethics based on "informed consent" needs particular aspects concerning the interests of children in hospitals such as child-orientated information and the graduated legal obligatory nature of the child's will.

Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2004/1 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2004)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Surall, Frank

Schlagwörter: Kind Recht Leitbild Beziehung Medizinische Ethik Theologische Ethik Krankenhaus