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Adolescent Medical Decisionmaking Rights: Reconciling Medicine and Law
Am J Law Med. 2021 Dec;47(4):386-426. doi: 10.1017/amj.2022.2.ABSTRACTDennis Lindberg came into his aunt's care when he was in the 4th grade because his parents struggled with drug addiction and could not provide for him. At thirteen, he was baptized in his aunt's faith as a Jehovah's Witness. Just days after he turned fourteen, on November 6, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.The prognosis was that Dennis had a 75% chance of cure with standard oncology treatment. Consistent with the requirements of his new faith, however, Dennis told his doctors, "I do not want to be treated if the requirement is that I w...
Source: American Journal of Law and Medicine - March 17, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Doriane Lambelet Coleman Philip M Rosoff Source Type: research