2020
DOI: 10.1177/1751143720969267
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Should parents be asked to consent for life-saving paediatric interventions?

Abstract: Informed consent, when given by proxy, has limitations: chiefly, it must be made in the interest of the patient. Here we critique the standard approach to parental consent, as present in Canada and the UK. Parents are often asked for consent, but are not given the authority to refuse medically beneficial treatment in many situations. This prompts the question of whether it is possible for someone to consent if they cannot refuse. We present two alternative and philosophically more consistent frameworks for pae… Show more

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“…A real-world example would involve Jehovah's Witness parents whose child requires a blood transfusion(Gamble and Pruski 2020).…”
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“…A real-world example would involve Jehovah's Witness parents whose child requires a blood transfusion(Gamble and Pruski 2020).…”
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confidence: 99%