Ethics in Pediatric Care

Question 1

The child’s affirmative agreement is called _____.

Answer 1

assent

Question 2

_____ is defined as the impossibility of achieving a desired physiologic outcome.

Answer 2

Futility

Question 3

_____ are mechanisms that allow patients and/or appropriate surrogates to designate the desired medical interventions under applicable circumstances.

Answer 3

Advance Directives

Question 4

Death by Neurologic Criteria (DBNC)

Answer 4

irreversible coma with known cause
absence of brainstem reflexes
apnea

Question 5

_____ is the identification of a previously unrecognized disease or disease precursor, using procedures or tests that can be conducted rapidly and economically on large numbers of people.

Answer 5

Screening

Question 6

The regulations in the US for the protection of human research subjects rest on 2 foundations:

Answer 6

independent review of the ethics and science of the research by an IRB
voluntary and informed consent of the subject/participant