The right not to hear: The ethics of parental refusal of hearing rehabilitation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1800-1804

  Byrd, Serena ^a   Shuman, Andrew G ^a   Kileny, Sharon ^b   Kileny, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

otology; Pediatric ears

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENE MUTATION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGN LANGUAGE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 79960937431     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21886     Document Type: Article

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