Cora C Breuner, Elizabeth M Alderman, Jennifer A Jewell, COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE, COMMITTEE ON HOSPITAL CARE
Author Information
Cora C Breuner: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Elizabeth M Alderman: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York.
Jennifer A Jewell: The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, MaineHealth, Portland, Maine.
This policy statement is the first published statement in the United States on this topic and the authors aim to provide pediatricians with evidence-based information on the unique aspects required to care for hospitalized adolescents. Included in this policy statement is a description of the possible effects hospitalization may have on the developmental and emotional progress of adolescence, the role of the hospital setting, the importance of confidentiality, and issues related to legal/ethical matters and bias and institutional and systemic racism that may occur during hospitalization.
