Denying Fetal Pain in The Second Half of Pregnancy Can Undermine Preterm Babies’ Right t...
In the last few months, we have seen some trying to oppose abortion laws, arguing that fetuses can feel pain in the firs...
December 13, 2022
Optimizing Decision-Making in the Gray Zone at Birth
This editorial can be found here in the November 2022 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. A provocative Target A...
November 8, 2022
All That Matters
We call them loved ones, family, when life is thriving – intimate, caring. We know them as legal guardians, when death...
November 2, 2022
California Clinics Ask About Childhood Trauma: Schools Should Too
In a public health push, since 2020 California’s ACEs Aware Initiative has screened over 500,000 children&nbs...
June 1, 2022
Fetal Therapies and Clinical Research: Beyond Risk and Benefit
The following is an editorial in the American Journal of Bioethics, March 2022 issue. It can be found here: https://ww...
March 8, 2022
Legal and Ethical Considerations in Allowing Parental Exemptions From Newborn Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) Screening
Abstract Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening is rapidly becoming the standard of care in the United State...
The #MedTwitter War: How a Tweet About Advocacy Pitted One Specialty Against Another
by Erin King-Mullins, MD, FACS, FASCRS I decided to tweet about my daughter’s trip to the ER to highlight dispari...
November 3, 2021
Juvenile Justice: Why It Is Ethical to Vaccinate Our Children Now
by Kyle Ferguson, Ph.D., and Arthur Caplan, Ph.D. On May 10, 2021, the F.D.A. authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus...
May 25, 2021
Umbilical Hernias: Systemic Racism, Dogma, And Pediatric Surgery
by Stephanie Preston, MD In the health professions, we have all been taught that some of the most common, chronic, and d...
April 13, 2021
Pox Parties for Grannies? Chickenpox, Exogenous Boosting, and Harmful Injustices
Abstract Some societies tolerate or encourage high levels of chickenpox infection among children to reduce rates of shin...
Should Extremely Premature Babies Get Ventilators During the COVID-19 Crisis?
Abstract In a crisis, societal needs take precedence over a patient’s best interests. Triage guidelines, however, diff...
Shared Decision Making with Pediatric Medications
by Amy C. Reese, Pharm.D. My pharmacy received a prescription for prednisolone solution written for a 5-year-old patient...
July 6, 2020