Published online November 1, 2004
PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 5 November 2004, pp. 1316-1320 (doi:10.1542/10.1542/peds.2004-1231)
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SPECIAL ARTICLE

Providing Life-Saving Health Care to Undocumented Children: Controversies and Ethical Issues

Janine Young, MD*, Glenn Flores, MD{ddagger} and Stephen Berman, MD*

* Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
{ddagger} Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Pediatricians and hospitals with special pediatric expertise are facing the dilemma of rationing care to uninsured, undocumented children, especially for expensive life-saving care such as transplants, chemotherapy, and dialysis. This article reviews a relevant case history and provides a review and discussion of the ethical and policy issues associated with this problem.

Key Words: life-saving health care • undocumented children • child health policy

Accepted Jul 30, 2004.


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