Erica K. Salter, Ph.D., HEC-C
Director of Ph.D. program; associate professor of health care ethics; associate professor of pediatrics
Department of Health Care Ethics
Associate professor
Department of Pediatrics
Education
- Ph.D. in health care ethics from 老司机福利网
- B.A. in philosophy and cognitive science from Rice University
- Certified Healthcare Ethics Consultant
Research Interests
Pediatric ethics; ethics education; clinical ethics consultation.
Publications and Media Placements
Journal Articles
- Special Thematic Issue, 鈥淧ediatric Decision-Making: Standards, Applications and Explorations鈥, Spring 2024. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Spring 2024 issue. Guest editor, with Lainie Ross and Micah Hester.
- Turner, K., Salter, E.K., Brummett, A. (2024). 鈥淥n what grounds? A pilot study of references used in clinical ethics consultation and education鈥, HEC Forum, 36(2).
- Salter, E.K., Hester, D.M., Ross, L.F. (2024). 鈥淗ow we found consensus on pediatric decision-making and why it matters鈥, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 67(2), 186-196.
- Salter, E.K., Hester, D.M., Vinarscik, L. et al. (2023) 鈥淧ediatric decision making: Consensus Recommendations鈥, Pediatrics, 152(3) e2023061832.
- Brummett, A. and Salter, E.K. (2023). 鈥淢apping the terrain of deception: Practical guidance for navigating the ethics of clinical deceit鈥, Hastings Center Report, 53(1):17-25.
- Salter, E.K., Malone, J., Berg, A., Hucker, A., King, H., Antommaria, A. (2023). 鈥淭riage Policies at U.S. Hospitals with Pediatric Intensive Care Units鈥, American Journal of Bioethics: Empirical, 14(2): 1-7.
- Hester, M. and Salter, E.K. (2022). 鈥淩easonableness as a Relational Principle: An Integrated Framework for Pediatric Decision-Making鈥, Journal of Pediatrics, 251:30-35.
- Spence, K. and Salter, E.K. (2022). 鈥淩ethinking the paradigm: The Evolving Care of Children with Trisomy 13 and 18鈥, Newborn, 1(1): 197-200.
- Brummett, A., Thornton, A., Salter, E.K., Deters, S. (2022). 鈥淣othing Left to Bury鈥, Hastings Center Report, 52(1).
- Keune, J. and Salter, E.K. (2022). 鈥淔rom What to How: Experiential Learning in a Graduate Medicine for Ethicists Course鈥, Cambridge Quarterly in Healthcare Ethics, 31(1): 131-140.
- Lanocha, N., Tate, T., Salter, E., Elster, N., Antommaria, A. (2021). 鈥淐an Parents Restrict Access to their Adolescent鈥檚 Voice? Deciding about a Tracheostomy鈥, Pediatrics, 147(4).
- Salter, E.K. and Eberl, J.T. (2021). 鈥淲hen First We Practice to Deceive鈥, American Journal of Bioethics, 21(5): 15-17.
- Salter, E.K., Ross, L.F. (2020). 鈥淲hy Most Bad Decisions About Vaccines Do Not Constitute Child Neglect鈥, Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 113:85-87.
- Salter, E.K. (2020).鈥淭he New Futility? The Rhetoric and Role of Suffering in Pediatric Decision-Making鈥, Nursing Ethics, 27(1): 16-27.
- Salter, E.K., Friedrich, A.., Dempsey, K. (2019). 鈥淭he Use of Suffering in Pediatric Bioethics and Clinical Literature: A Qualitative Content Analysis鈥, (forthcoming in Journal of Pediatric Ethics).
- deSante-Bertkau, J., Shubkin, C., Salter, E.K., Nelson, W. and Lantos, J. (2019). 鈥淓thics Rounds: When Specialty Care is Unavailable to Rural Families鈥, Pediatrics, 144(6).
- Brummett, A. and Salter, E.K. (2019). 鈥淭axonomizing views of clinical ethics expertise鈥, Target Article in American Journal of Bioethics, 19(11).
- Salter, E.K. (2019). 鈥淲hen Better Isn鈥檛 Good Enough: Commentary on 鈥楤etter than Best (Interest Standard)鈥, Journal of Clinical Ethics, 30(3).
- Salter, E.K. (2019). 鈥淭he New Futility? The Rhetoric and Role of Suffering in Pediatric Decision-Making鈥, Nursing Ethics, online at: .
- Salter, E.K. (2017). 鈥淩eimagining Childhood: Responding to the Challenge Presented by Severe Developmental Disability鈥, HEC Forum, 29 (3).
- Salter, E.K. (2017). 鈥淐onflating Capacity and Authority: Why We鈥檙e Asking the Wrong Question in the Mature Minor Debate鈥, Hastings Center Report 47(1).
- Salter, E.K. & Norris, J. (2015). 鈥淐linical Ethics Beyond the Urban Hospital鈥, HEC Forum, 27(2): 87-91.
- Salter, E. K. (2015). "To Re-contextualize the Patient: What Home Health Care Ethics Can Teach Us about Medical Decision Making." HEC Forum, 27(2): 143-156.
- Salter, E. K. (2014). "The Siren Call of Individualism in Pediatric Decision Making and the Role of Relational Interests." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 39(1), 26-40.
- Salter, E.K. (2014). "The Desire to Die: Making Treatment Decisions for Suicidal Patients with Advance Directives." Journal of Clinical Ethics, 25(1): 43-49.
- Salter, E.K. (2013). "Should We Tell Annie? Preparing for death at the Intersection of Parental Authority and Adolescent Autonomy." Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 3(1): 83-90.
- Salter, E. K. (2012). "Deciding for a Child: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Best Interest Standard." Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 33, 179-198.
- Salter, E. K. (2010). "The Management of Incidental Findings in Neuro-Imaging Research." Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 38(1).
- Salter, E. K. (2009). "Clinical Ethics and the Dynamics of Group Decision-Making: Applying the Psychological Data to Decisions Made by Ethics Committees." HEC Forum, 21(2), 207-228.
Media Contributions
- Salter, E.K. 2020. Interviewed by Medical Ethics Advisor about ethics committee membership.
- Salter, E.K. 2020. Interviewed by 鈥淧ediatric Bioethics Podcast with John Lantos鈥 on the best interest standard.
- Salter, E.K. 2020. Interviewed by 鈥淏rave New Us Podcast鈥 about pediatric disability.
- Salter, E.K. 2020. Interviewed by Healthcare Dive about hospital response to COVID-19
Community Work and Service
- Vice chair of the Ethics Committee, SSM Cardinal Glennon Medical Center
- Member of the Ethics Committee, SSM 老司机福利网 Hospital
- Saint Anthony鈥檚 Hospital IRB
- Mission: STL
- The Journey Church