Joint Educational Facilities

Informed consent constitutes one of the important considerations included in the myriad ethical dilemmas in the pediatric intensive care unit. Traditionally, the law has viewed children as incompetent to make medical decisions, and society has authorized parents or guardians to act on behalf of children. Empirical evidence has revealed that children may be more capable of participating in their medical decisions than previously thought. Some scholars now think that parents have the right to give informed permission and that professionals should seek the child's assent in many circumstances. Physicians in the intensive care unit should seriously consider consulting adolescent patients about the direction of their care and may wish to seek the input of younger patients in appropriate circumstances.

Au commencement, le verbe du malheur : une foi combattue, une culture stigmatisée au risque de sa perte absolue, des sites à forte charge symbolique anéantis, des territoires de religion dévastés. Nulle histoire, sans doute, qui ne soit tissue de ces violences et fureurs. Mais nulle, aussi bien, qui ne décide par là même de toute une raison, patiente ou explosive, de refus radical. Au seuil de notre histoire contemporaine, deux rigoureuses institutions de religion connurent oppressions à la ...