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Briefly Legal: Parents Opt not to Pursue Further Surgical Treatment for their Child's Severe Congenital Heart Disease: A Nurse Threatens to Sue the Hospital, the Neonatologists, and the Parents for Withholding Care.
- Source :
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Neonatology Today . Jan2024, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p159-161. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The article discusses a case where parents opted not to pursue further surgical treatment for their child's severe congenital heart disease, leading to disagreement among healthcare professionals and a nurse threatening legal action. Topics include parental decision-making in complex medical situations, healthcare provider autonomy, and the role of bioethics committees in resolving conflicts.
- Subjects :
- *CONSERVATIVE treatment
*PARENT attitudes
*PROSTAGLANDINS
*NEONATAL intensive care
*TETRALOGY of Fallot
*INTUBATION
*MILD cognitive impairment
*CONGENITAL heart disease
*OXYGEN saturation
*APNEA
*NEONATAL intensive care units
*LEGAL liability
*CONFLICT of interests
*DIAGNOSTIC imaging
*DECISION making in clinical medicine
*PREMATURE labor
*BIOETHICS
*NEONATOLOGISTS
*DISEASE complications
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19327129
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Neonatology Today
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175268119