Translational medicine of bioethics and child neurology : A short essay

  • Sasazuki Momoko
    Seinan Jogakuin University, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
  • Tocan Vlad
    Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
  • Sakai Yasunari
    Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
  • Kira Ryutaro
    Department of Pediatric Neurology, Fukuoka City Children’s Hospital, Fukuoka
  • Ohga Shouichi
    Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka

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  • 小児神経と生命倫理学 生命倫理学と小児神経学のトランスレーション

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<p>  Recent progress in genetic analysis and therapeutics provide patients and families with a hope for the cure of intractable diseases. The current age also enforces pediatricians to think over the complex and diverse decision-making processes and therapeutic options for each patient. Presumably, this situation will become more complex within the range of legal and ethical consensus for therapeutic options that pediatricians must consider as advocates for ill children. We cannot simplify or streamline the process for how they support the interests of children and what they should protect. When standing at the critical point of decision-making for a life-threatening condition, pediatricians need to develop agreement with their patients and families through persistent discussions without setting up a goal for agreement among them. Thus, translational research in pediatrics may represent the search for essence deeply embedded in bioethics, which may possibly lead us to untangling the conundrums in clinical practice.</p>

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  • NO TO HATTATSU

    NO TO HATTATSU 56 (1), 5-8, 2024

    The Japanese Society of Child Neurology

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  • CRID
    1390861936166640128
  • DOI
    10.11251/ojjscn.56.5
  • ISSN
    18847668
    00290831
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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