When parents refuse treatment for their child

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-9

  Kon, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATERNALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; PATERNALISM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL VALUES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646849718     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1539073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128488-200601000-00003     Document Type: Review

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