An adolescent's refusal of medical treatment: Implications of the Abraham Cheerix case

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1357-1358

  Mercurio, Mark R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE STUDY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT RIGHTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIRGINIA;

EID: 36849038949     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1458     Document Type: Note

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