Do parents have the right to refuse standard treatment for their child with favorable-prognosis cancer? Ethical and legal concerns.
Hord
Jeffrey D
JD
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Akron, OH 44308, USA. jhord@chmca.org
Rehman
Waqas
W
Hannon
Patricia
P
Anderson-Shaw
Lisa
L
Schmidt
Mary Lou
ML
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
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents