Withholding consent to lifesaving treatment: Three Cases

BMJ

Volumn 310, Issue 6976, 1995, Pages 373-

  Elton, Anne ^a   Honig, Peter ^a   Bentovim, Arnon ^a   Simons, Jean ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADOLESCENTS; BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILDREN ACT 1989 (GREAT BRITAIN); CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; FORCE FEEDING; GREAT BRITAIN; INFANTS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; JUDICIAL ACTION; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 (GREAT BRITAIN); MENTALLY ILL; MINORS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; CHRISTIANITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0028795804     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6976.373     Document Type: Article

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