Parents Refusing Medical Care For Children

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Children's Medical Treatment and Parents Beliefs - Healthline

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Parental refusals of medical treatment: the harm principle as

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Abstract. Minors are generally considered incompetent to provide legally binding decisions regarding their health care, and parents or guardians are empowered to make those …

When Can Parents Deny Medical Care to Children - Lawinfo

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But what happens when a parent makes the wrong decision and denies their child much-needed medical care? When does denying health care become neglect? Can the state …

Limiting Parents' Rights in Medical Decision Making

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/limiting-parents-rights-medical-decision-making/2006-10

The law’s inquiry into parental competence to provide medical care for a child does not stop at assessing their physical and mental ability to do …

Overriding Parental Decision to Withhold Treatment

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/overriding-parental-decision-withhold-treatment/2003-08

7 Thus, the court concluded that (1) where the need for life-sustaining medical treatment is or becomes an emergency while a nonterminally ill child is under a physician's care, and (2) where the …

Medical Neglect of a Child | LegalMatch

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In addition to the possibility of a state-appointed intervention occurring, medical neglect can also result in very serious legal consequences for the parent or guardian. For example, the parent may …

Ethical Issues Raised When Parents Refuse Medical Treatment …

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Parents refused to provide medical care for their children based on their religious beliefs. Minors were found to be neglected, when the parents declined the possibility of medical …

Michigan Child's Death Puts Spotlight On Clash …

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Every state in the U.S. has laws protecting children from abuse and neglect, but in 34 states and the District of Columbia, there are religious exemptions that allow parents to forgo medical...

Pa. Parents Refused Medical Care for Sick Daughter

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Pennsylvania parents who said their 2-year-old daughter’s death was “God’s will” were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on Friday after refusing to seek medical care for the...