Argues that doctors must become part of a "therapeutic alliance" with families of children undergoing medical care to arrive at the best course of treatment. The book will be an invaluable resource for medical ethicists and practitioners in pediatric care, as well as forparents struggling with ethical issues in the care and treatment of their children.About the Author:Richard B. Miller is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, where he serves as departmental chair. He is the author of Interpretations of Conflict: Ethics, Pacifism, and the Just-War Tradition (1991) and Casuistry and Modern Ethics: A Poetics of Practical Reasoning (1996). He has edited War in the Twentieth Century: Sources in Theological Ethics (1993) and has written articles in social philosophy and religious ethics. He has recently completed a fellowship year in professional ethics at Harvard University.