{"id":11977,"date":"2021-12-17T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T21:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/?p=11977"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:38:12","slug":"pediatric-ethics-theory-and-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/2021\/12\/17\/pediatric-ethics-theory-and-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9513 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/12\/978-3-030-86182-7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover for new book: Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/12\/978-3-030-86182-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/12\/978-3-030-86182-7-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomedical-ethics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/12\/978-3-030-86182-7-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>This new book assists health care providers to understand the specific interplay of the roles and relationships currently forming the debates in pediatric clinical ethics. 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