'Crowded' paediatrics
'Crowded' paediatrics
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“拥挤”的儿科
DOI:
10.1136/archdischild-2023-326614
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发表时间:
2024
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Bertaud S
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作者:
Bertaud S
It is a simplification, but the traditional ethical model of the doctor–patient relationship begins and ends at the door of the clinic. After parents enter, and the paediatrician closes the door, they engage together in a confidential, private space. The paediatrician offers expert assessment and advice while parents share in decision-making. But as Delany et al point out in their timely paper, 1 in our digital world, the walls of the contemporary consultation seem dangerously thin. A ‘crowd of voices’ potentially push into that hitherto private space offering novel opinions and options and sometimes making serious disagreements between health professionals and parents more likely or more difficult to manage. Or else families may choose to reach beyond the paediatrician’s office by sharing their child’s story (including potentially their experiences and views of the health professionals) with an online crowd.Delany et al provide a valuable framework and helpful questions for thinking through the ethical questions arising from the influence of the ‘crowd’in paediatrics. In this editorial, we emphasise the importance of explicitly acknowledging and engaging with the online extension of the consultation.