Work of a paediatric bioethics centre during the COVID-19 pandemic first phase.

Joe BrierleySarah AylettAnne MacNivenMariana Dittborn

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)

Our bioethics team's role during the pandemic included: case reviews via video-conferencing, many involving innovative therapy for severely unwell children with COVID-19/Paediatric-Inflammatory-Multisystem Syndrome-Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 together with their parents; processes to protect healthcare staff from moral harm and research/educational activity focused on paediatric-specific ethical arising during the pandemic.

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