Doherty, Brian.
Doctors' Orders / Brian Doherty. - Reason, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 3. Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Doctors' Orders, Feb. 2001; pp. 32-38.
"The conflict between a parent's wishes and the state's notions of how to protect children's health has traditionally been fought on religious grounds....But in a largely secular contemporary America, such conflicts increasingly go beyond religion. Parents caught up in heated scientific and ethical debates are finding themselves threatened with loss of their children, or what amounts to nearly the same thing....Fortunately, in a world of increasing access to information--and one in which authorities of all sorts hold less clout than they used to--many parents are fighting back." (REASON) This article cites specific instances in which parents believed their liberties were violated in the name of medical treatment.
1522-3213;
Child health services.
Child welfare.
Parent and child (Law)
Physician and patient.
Right to refuse treatment.
AC1.S5
050
Doctors' Orders / Brian Doherty. - Reason, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 3. Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Doctors' Orders, Feb. 2001; pp. 32-38.
"The conflict between a parent's wishes and the state's notions of how to protect children's health has traditionally been fought on religious grounds....But in a largely secular contemporary America, such conflicts increasingly go beyond religion. Parents caught up in heated scientific and ethical debates are finding themselves threatened with loss of their children, or what amounts to nearly the same thing....Fortunately, in a world of increasing access to information--and one in which authorities of all sorts hold less clout than they used to--many parents are fighting back." (REASON) This article cites specific instances in which parents believed their liberties were violated in the name of medical treatment.
1522-3213;
Child health services.
Child welfare.
Parent and child (Law)
Physician and patient.
Right to refuse treatment.
AC1.S5
050