title: Do parents have the right to refuse standard treatment for their child with favorable-prognosis cancer? Ethical and legal concerns.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Akron, OH 44308, USA. jhord@chmca.org
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hord
authors.forename: Waqas
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hannon
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anderson-Shaw
authors.forename: Mary Lou
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D033282:Parental Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents