Harm isn't all you need: parental discretion and medical decisions for a child

Affiliations

¹ Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
² Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Comment

Dominic Wilkinson et al. J Med Ethics. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;42(2):116-8.

doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103265. Epub 2015 Dec 18.

¹ Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
² Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Children; Decision-making; End-of-life; Minors/Parental Consent; Paediatrics.

Comment in

The harm threshold and parents' obligation to benefit their children.
Birchley G. Birchley G. J Med Ethics. 2016 Feb;42(2):123-6. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103283. Epub 2016 Jan 4. J Med Ethics. 2016. PMID: 26733328

Harm is all you need? Best interests and disputes about parental decision-making.
Birchley G. Birchley G. J Med Ethics. 2016 Feb;42(2):111-5. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-102893. Epub 2015 Sep 23. J Med Ethics. 2016. PMID: 26401048 Free PMC article.