Withholding medical care for religious reasons

Flowers, Ronald B.

doi:10.1007/bf00991387

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“…Parent or legal guardian discretion generally takes precedence over the physician's opinion when a minor needs nonurgent care [12]. Commonly, parents and guardians who withhold treatment or do not follow typical protocols do so for religious or other socioeconomic or cultural practices [13,14]. However, the refusal of consent by a parent or guardian can result in a failure of the patient to receive proper treatment or nonmaleficent care.…”

Section: Decisional Authority By Parents and Legal Guardians Over The...mentioning

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Who decides? Consent for healthcare decisions of minors in the United States

Stettner

Lavelle

Cafferty

2023

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

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Purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to examine when parents and legal guardians have the authority to make medical decisions on behalf of the minors in their care, when the decisions of healthcare professionals may supersede those of parents and guardians, and under what conditions minors can make healthcare decisions for themselves.Recent findingsThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has reignited discussion of who should make healthcare decisions for minors. Though serious adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines are rare, hesitancy toward pediatric COVID-19 vaccination is prevalent among parents in the United States. This has contributed to large numbers of minors who are not up-to-date or not fully vaccinated against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Surveys reveal a majority of minors in the United States are willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. A number of scholars have recommended allowing adolescents the ability to consent to COVID-19 vaccination without parental approval.SummaryAllowing adolescents with a minimum age of 15 to consent to vaccination without parental or guardian approval will more quickly enable adolescents to receive new vaccines as they become available, such as the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine.

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confidence: 99%