@article{ref1,
title="The pediatrician's moral obligation to counsel directively against youth tackle  football",
journal="Journal of clinical ethics",
year="2020",
author="Ross, Lainie Friedman",
volume="31",
number="4",
pages="331-337",
abstract="In this issue of The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Professor Ruth Tallman argues that  pediatricians ought to support adolescent players of American football in their athletic goals. She does not deny that doing so means &quot;helping children hurt themselves&quot;; rather she  argues that this would be consistent with a shared decision-making model in which  both the physician and the patient seek to promote the patient's well-being in light  of the patient's own goals. I argue that this ignores the role of the parents,  meaning that Tallman is suggesting &quot;helping parents allow their children to hurt  themselves.&quot; As a general pediatrician, I would classify this as child neglect, if  not downright child abuse. I argue that pediatricians should counsel directively  against youth tackle football, employ a deliberative approach to shared decision  making within the triadic doctor-patient-parent relationship, and support youth  sport policies that seek to reduce traumatic brain injury by advocating for flag  football, by prohibiting checking in boys' ice hockey, and by minimizing heading the  ball in soccer below a certain age.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1046-7890",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}