The Conundrum of Children in the Us Health Care System
One area in which children’s rights are rarely considered in the USA is that of autonomy over their bodies. This right is routinely ignored in the arena of health care decision making. Children are routinely excluded from expressing their opinions involving medical decisions that affect them. This a...
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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Sage
2001
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| In: |
Nursing ethics
Year: 2001, 卷: 8, 發布: 3, Pages: 196-210 |
| Further subjects: | B
legal-ethical issues
B health care decision making B UN Convention on the Rights of the Child B Professional Ethics B children’s rights |
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| 總結: | One area in which children’s rights are rarely considered in the USA is that of autonomy over their bodies. This right is routinely ignored in the arena of health care decision making. Children are routinely excluded from expressing their opinions involving medical decisions that affect them. This article discusses the complex reasons why children’s voices are typically not heard in the USA, the consequences of their disempowerment, and the ethical obligations of health care providers to advocate for the rights of children, even in the absence of a legal mandate to do so. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-0989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/096973300100800305 |