The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

 

Volume 73 Number 3
May 2006		 back to contents
When Staff and Parents Disagree: Decision Making for a Baby with Trisomy 13 590-591
Linda B. Siegel, M.D.

Address all correspondence to Linda B. Siegel, M.D., F.A.A.P., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Box 1202B, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029.

Presented at the Mount Sinai Medical Conference on Pediatric Ethics, January 30, 2004, and updated March 2005.

Abstract

Parents often make medical decisions for their children. As pediatricians, we must be sure that the decisions are medically informed. At times, we may disagree with the decisions that parents make and must decide if they are acting in the best interest of their child. This article presents a case in which these issues arose regarding a child with trisomy 13.

Key Words

Ethics, child, trisomy 13, medical futility.

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