When parents advocated for early leg amputation and prosthesis fitting for their child, rather than go through a lengthy series of leg salvaging operations and rehabilitation, orthopaedic surgeon Dr Chris Harris faced an ethical dilemma. Should he acquiesce to the parents' request? Or should he steer them to a pathway they don't want to take? Thank goodness we have Prof Lynn Gillam back in the chair to guide us through the ethical principles and find a way forward that everyone can be satisfied with.

Special: Pandemic Ethics in a Children's Hospital. Balancing patient care with protection of staff

Essential Ethics, from the Children’s Bioethics Centre at The Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne, Australia) presents discussion of challenging cases that come up when treating children. Hear the most up-to-date thinking and draw knowledge from the ethics toolkit. After a decade or more of experience our team of world-recognised ethicists takes on the hardest cases. Essential Ethics is informative, interesting and always relevant. Hosted by Professor John Massie, a clinician and bioethicist at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.