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Pediatric Quality of Life and Indefinite Medical Technology
Tuesday, November 3 · 12-1 p.m. · Alan Magee Scaife Hall Auditorium
12-1 p.m.
- When
- Tuesday, November 3 · 12-1 p.m.
- Where
- Alan Magee Scaife Hall Auditorium200 Lothrop Street · Pittsburgh, PA · 15213
About this event
Institute for Bioethics Seminar
Renee Boss, MD, MHS
Rembrandt Foundation Professor of Pediatric Palliative Care
Professor, Division of Neonatology
Berman Institute of Bioethics
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
A growing population of children are surviving once-fatal conditions yet need indefinite medical technology for vital functions like breathing and feeding. Most children cannot participate in these decisions. How should their quality of life be assessed, and whose perspectives matter?
Sponsored by the Institute for Bioethics
Listed by University of Pittsburgh (Localist), gathered by the Pittsburgh events calendar.