title: Responding to parental requests to forego pediatric nutrition and hydration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003657:Decision Making; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D033282:Parental Consent; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010290:Parents; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment