Responding to parental requests to forego pediatric nutrition and hydration

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-135

  Johnson, Judith ^a,b   Mitchell, Christine ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD NUTRITION; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STANDARD; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARENTS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0034208068     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. The President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioural Research, Deciding to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatment (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983), 218.
2. Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510, 534-535 (1924).
3. See, for example, M. V. and V. N. v. Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc., 648 So. 2d 769 (Fla. 1994); In Re: Rosebush, 491 N.W. 2d 633 (Michigan 1992); In Re: Hofbauer, 393 N.E. 2d 1009 (New York 1979).
4. Newmark v. Williams, 588 A. 2d 1108, 1116 pel. 1991).
5. Coordinating Council, National Center for State Courts, Guidelines for State Court Decision-Making in Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment Cases, 2nd ed. (St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing: 1992), 116-7.
6. Prince u Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158,166-167 (1943).
7. Ibid. See also, Matter of McCauley, 565 N.E.2d 441 (Mass. 1991; Application of Cicero, 421 N.Y.S. 2d 965 (1979).
8. See note 5 above, pp. 118-9.
9. Ibid. See also, In Re: Nikolas E., 720 A. 2d 562 (Me. 1998); In the Matter of Matthews, 650 N.Y.S. 2d 373 (1996); M.V. and V.N. v. Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc., see note 3 above.
10. See, for example, C.A. v. Morgan, 603 N.E. 2d 1171 (Ill. 1992); In Re: Rosebush, see note 3 above; In Re: Doe, 418 S.E. 2d 3 (Ga. 1992); In Re: Barry, 445 So. 2d 365 (Fla. 1984); In Re: L.H.R., 321 S.E. 2d 716 (Ga. 1984). Also, C.R. Leicher and F.J. DiMario, Jr., "Termination of Nutrition and Hydration in a Child With Vegetative State," Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 148 (1994): 87-92.
11. Concerning pediatrics, see, for example, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics, Policy Statement: Ethics and the Care of Critically III Infants and Children 98:1,1996: 149-52,
12. and Policy Statement: Guidelines on Forgoing Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment, 93:3,1994,532-6.
13. C.E. Koop, "Ethical and Surgical Considerations in the Care of the Newborn with Congenital Abnormalities," in Infanticide and the Handicapped Newborn, ed. D.J. Horan and M. Delahoyde (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1982), 89-106;
14. Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, "Nutrition and Hydration Resolution," Newsletter, 13:2,1987;
15. H.E. McHarrie et al., "Withholding/Withdrawing Treatment from Neonates: Legislation and Official Guidelines Across Europe," Journal of Medical Ethics 25 (1999): 440-6.