When parents say no : religious and cultural influences on pediatric healthcare treatment /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Linnard-Palmer, Luanne
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Indianapolis, Ind. : Sigma Theta Tau International, [2006]
Subjects:	Children > Diseases > Treatment > Religious aspects > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Children > Diseases > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Pediatrics > Religious aspects > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Treatment Refusal. Child Health Services. Cultural Diversity. Parental Consent. Professional-Family Relations. Religion and Medicine.

Table of Contents:

Overview of when parents say no : religious and cultural influences on pediatric healthcare treatment
Factors that influence parental refusal
Reasons for treatment refusal
Overview of religious doctrines
Cultural influences to treatment refusal
Overview of professional perspectives
Ethnographic research in treatment refusal cases
Guidelines for staff facing parental refusal of pediatric treatment
Five reasons for courts to override a patient's right to refuse medical treatment
Reasons for parental decisions to refuse medical treatments
Religious groups currently identified as influential on healthcare treatment decisions
Sects and cults : additional information.