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dc.contributor.authorHofmann, Bjørn
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-25T11:49:32Z
dc.date.available2019-10-25T11:49:32Z
dc.date.created2013-05-21T09:56:07Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn1472-6939
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2624461
dc.description.abstractBackground Bariatric surgery for children and adolescents is becoming widespread. However, the evidence is still scarce and of poor quality, and many of the patients are too young to consent. This poses a series of moral challenges, which have to be addressed both when considering bariatric surgery introduced as a health care service and when deciding for treatment for young individuals. A question based (Socratic) approach is applied to reveal underlying moral issues that can be relevant to an open and transparent decision making process. Discussion A wide range of moral issues with bariatric surgery for children and adolescents is identified in the literature. There is a moral imperative to help obese minors avoiding serious health problems, but there is little high quality evidence on safety, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness for bariatric surgery in this group. Lack of maturity and family relations poses a series of challenges with autonomy, informed consent, assent, and assessing the best interest of children and adolescents. Social aspects of obesity, such as medicalization, prejudice, and discrimination, raise problems with justice and trust in health professionals. Conceptual issues, such as definition of obesity and treatment end-points, present moral problems. Hidden interests of patients, parents, professionals, industry, and society need to be revealed. Summary Performing bariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents in order to discipline their behavior warrants reflection and caution. More evidence on outcomes is needed to be able to balance benefits and risks, to provide information for a valid consent or assent, and to advise minors and parents.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBMC (part of Springer Nature)nb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleBariatric surgery for obese children and adolescents: a review of the moral challengesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.volume14nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC Medical Ethicsnb_NO
dc.source.issue18nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1472-6939-14-18
dc.identifier.cristin1029289
dc.description.localcode© 2013 Hofmann; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,65,70,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for helsevitenskap Gjøvik
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