Beyond the best interests of children: Four views of the family and of foundational disagreements regarding pediatric decision making

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-517

  Engelhardt, H Tristram ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convention on the Rights of the Child; family; pediatric medical decision making; secularism; traditionalism

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED NATIONS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; PARENTS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77958566864     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhq042     Document Type: Article

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