Examining the socio-legal and ethical framework in protecting children when parents and doctors disagree on medical treatment / Nur Izleen Rosli

• Main Author: Rosli, Nur Izleen
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Developmental psychology. Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/89032/1/89032.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/89032/

Dealing with disagreement between parents and doctors on medical treatment for a child can be an ethically challenging moment in paediatric health care. Ethical and legal issues arise when the decisions made by parents or legal guardians are not in the best interest of a child. Although the definiti...