Balancing rights and duties in ‘life and death’ decision making involving children: A role for nurses?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 397-408

  Woods, Martin ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

decision making; mediation; moral rights; parental autonomy

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; REVIEW;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; PARENTAL CONSENT;

EID: 5744244433     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973300100800504     Document Type: Article

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