The case. What should Leah be told?
Fearing that his 18-year-old daughter will value her fertility more than her life, an Orthodox Jewish father implores physicians not to seek her informed consent for surgery for vaginal cancer.
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D000293:Adolescent; D026686:Beneficence; D032882:Comprehension; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D030881:Disclosure; D026822:Ethicists; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007557:Israel / Q000208:ethnology; D007599:Judaism; D008393:Marriage / Q000208:ethnology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D033282:Parental Consent; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D026712:Value of Life