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.

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Catagory: Disease, Treatment, & Epidemiology

Subcatagory: Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

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