Resumen

ALVAREZ CABRERA, Cecilia. Medical uncertainty, a common companion in pediatric intensive care. Analysis from a clinical case. Rev. Bioética y Derecho [online]. 2020, n.48, pp.163-175.  Epub 11-Mayo-2020. ISSN 1886-5887.

In the complexity of pediatric intensive care units, where medical equipment, patients and family converge, the question of ethics is unavoidable, as are also situations of medical uncertainty. In order to offer a starting point for the understanding and management of medical uncertainty, a fictitious clinical case that pretends to represent the situation is narrated, uncertainty is dealt with from the theory, based on the Tannert, Elvers, & Jandrig Uncertainty model (2007), and McCullough's proposal for the moral resolution of uncertainty (McCullough, 2013), and finally, the resolution of the case from the bioethical perspective is proposed.

Palabras clave : Medical uncertainty; paediatric intensive care; bioethics; moral stress.

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