Parental Rights, Freedom or Religion, and Societal Responsibility for Insuring Child Welfare

Abstract: A 4 page discussion of the case outlined in an August 2003 article published in the Ethics Journal of the American Medical Society and titled "Faith-based Decisions: Parents Who Refuse Appropriate Care for Their Child". The case is commented on by three separate physicians, all of whom contend that a parent's right to chose their own religion and that of their child is overridden when the religion interferes with securing recommended medical care for that child. Bibliography lists no additional sources.

Filename: PPmedRfs.rtf

Pages: 4

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Catagory: Disease, Treatment, & Epidemiology

Subcatagory: Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

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