Development and application of an ethical framework for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As severe obesity continues to rise among youth, metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) will increasingly be used as a treatment of choice for durable weight loss and improvement of obesity-related complications. MBS for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and for preadolescents has raised ethical questions.

Objectives

The purpose of this article is to present the creation and application of an ethical framework that supports why MBS should be considered in pediatrics based on the principle of justice without automatic exclusions. This framework also provides a guide for how to conduct a robust, ethically grounded evaluation of pediatric patients presenting for MBS in general, and among subpopulations including youth with IDD and preadolesc

SUBMITTER: Moore JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7880864 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature