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Essential EthicsAuthor: The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Essential Ethics, from the Childrens Bioethics Centre at The Royal Childrens Hospital (Melbourne, Australia) presents discussion of challenging cases that come up when treating children. Hear the most up-to-date thinking and draw knowledge from the ethics toolkit. After a decade or more of experience our team of world-recognised ethicists takes on the hardest cases. Essential Ethics is informative, interesting and always relevant. Hosted by Professor John Massie, a clinician and bioethicist at The Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Medicine, Philosophy, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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2025 National Paediatric Bioethics Conference: “The Squeaky Wheel,” an ethical approach to finding the balance between addressing parental concerns and managing excessive demands
Thursday, 23 July, 2026
In this episode of Essential Ethics, recorded at the 2025 National Paediatric Bioethics Conference, Dr Ciara Earley explores the ethical challenges that arise when parental advocacy becomes increasingly demanding. Drawing on a real-world case, she examines how clinicians can balance responding to parental concerns with maintaining focus on the child’s best interests. Dr Earley presents a practical ethical framework to help healthcare teams navigate complex family dynamics while supporting both parents and clinicians in delivering high-quality paediatric care.
