Experiencing Clinical Ethical Dilemmas: Cases of Ethical Decision-Making in the Care of Children with Major Craniofacial Deformities

This series of six papers considers ethical and health policy issues related to the care of children born with major craniofacial anomalies, using a real-life case-based approach. The papers are based upon the direct experiences of pediatricians, craniofacial surgeons, social workers, parents, and ethicists. Using a simple theoretic framework presented In the paper by Sharp, the authors “unpack” their cases and discuss the ethical, clinical, and social issues raised, considering policy implications.