Parents Rights To Withhold Medical Treatment

When Can Parents Deny Medical Care to Children

https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/insurance/health-insurance/when-can-a-parent-deny-medical-treatment-to-a.html

Outside of these circumstances, parents have the right to consent or refuse medical treatment for their children. For example: If a child has a terminal condition and several doctors agree that treatment is no longer beneficial for the child, then the parents have …

Overriding Parental Decision to Withhold …

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

5 The court explained that in Texas, the rights of a parent are subject to court orders, including an order …

Limiting Parents' Rights in Medical Decision Making

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

“Don't Tell My Mom”: A Guide to HIPAA …

https://jacksonllp.com/hipaa-compliance-minor-patients/

As such, the adults are the ones consenting to the minor’s treatment and have a right to review the full medical …

Withholding or Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment | ama-coe

https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/withholding-or-withdrawing-life-sustaining-treatment

the patient or surrogate and the health care team cannot reach agreement about a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment; there is no surrogate available and …

Parents - Ethics, conflict and medical …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537980/

In Gillam’s analysis of parental discretion, she described the limits as set by the ‘harm threshold’: parents should not be able to make a decision “if the child is likely …

Parental Decision Making | UW Department …

https://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/ethics-medicine/bioethics-topics/detail/72

Who has the authority to make decisions for children? Parents have the responsibility and authority to make medical decisions on behalf of their children. This …

Children's Medical Treatment and Parents …

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/parents-beliefs-about-medicine-child-abuse

“The U.S. values religious freedom to the point where states are willing to grant parents the right to refuse even life-saving medical treatments for their children if the …

Medical Neglect of a Child | LegalMatch

https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/medical-neglect-of-a-child.html

Medical neglect is defined as a parent’s failure to provide adequate medical or dental care for their child, especially when it is needed to treat a serious …

Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule allow parents the right to …

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/faq/227/can-i-access-medical-record-if-i-have-power-of-attorney/index.html

Yes, the Privacy Rule generally allows a parent to have access to the medical records about his or her child, as his or her minor child’s personal …