Bioethical Controversies in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Preface.- Introduction to Biomedical Ethics.- Autonomy and the Principles of Medical Practice.- Informed Consent.- Conflict of Interest.- Ethics of Surgical Innovation for&nbsp;Congenital Heart Diseases.- Ethical Considerations in Patients with Extracardiac or Genetic Anomalies.- Medical Futility:When Further Therapy is Hopeless.- Ethical Issues Surrounding the use of Post Cardiotomy ECMO.- Rare Diagnoses and Allocation of Precious Resources.- Abortion Rights.- Fetal Cardiac&nbsp; Interventions.- Ethical Considerations in the Transcatheter Management of Congenital Heart Disease.- Informed Consent in Fetal Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.- Role of Ethics Consultation in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease.- Ethics, Justice, and the Province of American Medicine: A Discussion of the Politicalization of the Duty to Care for Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients who are in the Country Illegally.- The unintended consequences of public reporting.- Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Heart Transplantation.- Between Death and Donation: Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Heart Transplantation.- Active and Passive Euthanasia (killing and letting die) in the Context of Severe Congenital Heart Disease.- Ethical and Legal Controversies Concerning Consolidation of Congenital Heart Programs in The United States of America.<div></div>