Citation

Cattorini P. Minerva Pediatr. 1989; 41(11): 553-558.

Vernacular Title

La violenza al minore. Riflessioni di etica medica.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Edizioni Minerva Medica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2695811

Abstract

A case of violence involving a minor is analysed from the ethical point of view, pointing out that the so-called principles of biomedical ethics (autonomy, beneficence, justice) intersect and are sometimes in conflict one with the other. A series of conditions is proposed for tracing the authentic representative of the interests of pediatric patients, and the clinician's role in difficult cases, which should be that of a guardian and an adviser as well as a technician is underlined.

Language: it