Is the best interest standard good for pediatrics?

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages S121-S129

  Rhodes, Rosamond ^a   Holzman, Ian R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best interest; Child; Ethics; Family; Law; Literature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BIOETHICS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONVALESCENCE; EXPECTATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; LITERATURE; PARENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; PARENTS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84907857489     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1394H     Document Type: Article

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