Responding to parental requests to forego pediatric nutrition and hydration

J Clin Ethics. 2000 Summer;11(2):128-35.

Authors

J Johnson¹, C Mitchell

Affiliation

¹ Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 11056868

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Child, Preschool
Decision Making
Ethics, Clinical*
Ethics, Medical
Fluid Therapy*
Humans
Life Support Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Life Support Care / standards
Male
Parental Consent
Parenteral Nutrition*
Parents*
Third-Party Consent
Treatment Refusal
United States
Withholding Treatment*