![Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics complex medical care can lead to foster care](https://pediatricethicscope.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2.-Medical-complexity-foster-care.jpg)
Pediatric patients who require medical care that is beyond the ability of their family to administer and/or maintain poses numerous ethical questions. Assuming the best interests of the child necessarily compel foster placement, what practical and ethical issues remain?