title: Child neglect in home care: weighing legal and ethical issues.
abstract: Individual cases of child neglect and/or abuse in pediatric home care pose a number of legal and ethical questions for health care providers. Staff members and agencies must carefully consider all legal and ethical issues before arriving at decisions to terminate care due to noncompliance.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Hogue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000451:nursing; D016312:Treatment Refusal