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Issues in Medical Ethics
Special Challenges in Pediatrics |
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Kurt Hirschhorn, Ian R. Holzman, Daniel A. Moros, and Rosamond Rhodes, guest editors |
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| Introduction |
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Kurt Hirschhorn, Ian R. Holzman, Daniel A. Moros, and Rosamond Rhodes
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| Understanding, Avoiding, and Resolving End-of-Life Conflicts in the NICU |
580 |
Arthur E. Kopelman
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| When Parents Request Seemingly Futile Treatment for Their Children |
587 |
John Lantos
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| When Staff and Parents Disagree: Decision Making for a Baby with Trisomy 13 |
590 |
Linda B. Siegel
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| An Exploration of the Ethical, Legal and Developmental Issues in the Care of an Adolescent Patient |
592 |
Daniel Summers, Ivanya Alpert, Thaina Rousseau-Pierre,
Mara Minguez, Simone Manigault, Sharon Edwards, Anne Nucci, and Angela Diaz
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| Children as Research Subjects: Moral Disputes, Regulatory Guidance, and
Recent Court Decisions |
596 |
Loretta M. Kopelman
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| Genetic Testing of Children for Adult-Onset Diseases: Is Testing in the Child’s
Best Interests? |
605 |
Mary Kay Pelias
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| Why Test Children for Adult-Onset Genetic Diseases? |
609 |
Rosamond Rhodes
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| GENERAL ARTICLES |
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| Endobronchial Pulmonary Nocardiosis |
617 |
Neena Kumar and Raji Ayinla
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| Erythrocytosis in a Scleroderma Patient |
620 |
Eric Mabo, Timi Edeki, Gloria E. Westney,
James W. Reed, and Xiaoqing Guo
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| Genotypic Characterization of Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA from Biopsy
Specimens of Patients with Gastroduodenal Diseases
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622 |
Yih-Hsin Chang, Lina Wang,
Ming-Shih Lee, Chun-Wen Cheng, Chun-Ying Wu, and Ming-Yuh Shiau
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| Brugada-Like Early Repolarization Pattern Misdiagnosed as Acute Anterior
Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging of the Left Anterior Descending Artery |
627 |
Ozcan Ozeke, Dursun Aras, Bulent Deveci, Ali Yildiz, Orhan Maden, and M. Timur Selcuk
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| Book Reviews |
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| Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Practical Guide |
631 |
Leonard Steinfeld |
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| Cardiovascular Development and Congenital Malformations |
631 |
Kurt Hirschhorn |
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| The Brugada Syndrome: From Bench to Bedside |
632 |
Anil Gehi |
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Textbook of Hemophilia
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633 |
Christopher Walsh |
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| Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children |
633 |
Michael E. Farkouh
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| Letters to the Editor |
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Igor Steiman and Silvano A. Mior; Ahmet Berkiz Turp; and Sujoy Khan
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634 |
| Abstracts |
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| Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
637 |
| Jersey City Medical Center |
650 |
| Queens Hospital Center |
652 |
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