An Asthmatic Child
Author(s):
Caroline Whitbeck, Ph.D.
An asthmatic child comes into the ER who has previously had difficulty with side effects from her medication: feeling jittery, elevated heart rate, and vomiting. The parents want to find a medication that does not have these side effects and have heard about the hospital's efficacy study of a new drug that supposedly has fewer side effects. They want to enroll their child.
Discussion Questions
- What do you say to them about the advisability of doing so?
- Does the child's age matter?
- Are there factors that would make a relevant difference to what you would say?
Cite this page:
Caroline Whitbeck, Ph.D.
"An Asthmatic Child"
Online Ethics Center for Engineering
8/17/2006 10:07:01 AM
National Academy of Engineering
Accessed: Friday, January 09, 2009
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