• ABSTRACT
    • The orthopaedist who treats children confronts the usual ethical issues of educating patients, obtaining informed consent, and making choices among unproven outcomes. When dealing with children, the issue of informed consent is confounded because the person giving the consent is not the person who will bear the consequences of the treatment. When the patient is a teenager, the issues of education, consent, and treatment decisions require patience, tact, and perseverance by the physician.