Add to ORKGIt has long been recognized that a privilege to act is a perfect defense to liability for a non-consensual, intentional interference with another person. This privilege is based upon self defense, defense of third persons, mistake, or various other recognized legal theories. Even a state may have a privilege to interfere with the person of a citizen, and this privilege may extend to an interference to provide an infant citizen with medical care without the consent of, or against the express wishes of, the parent or guardian
In the medical treatment of children disputes can arise where parents cannot agree with one another,...
Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures ...
The recently enacted federal Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 seek to scrutinize closely parental deci...
In many cases, courts have incorrectly applied the doctrine of substituted judgment to violate the...
Whenever a genetically defective infant is born, a triptych of interests is challenged directly. For...
Selective non-treatment decisions involving severely handicapped neonates have recently come under r...
Who should have the ultimate say over a child’s medical treatment? A series of high-profile withdraw...
I. Introduction II. Historical Rights of Parents and Modern Infringement by the State … A. Necessity...
Parents of profoundly impaired neonates often face agonizing decisions regarding the exploitation of...
Parents of profoundly impaired neonates often face agonizing decisions regarding the exploitation of...
Parental consent on undertaking the child's major medical treatments constitutes the issues that sig...
Actions of pregnant women can cause harm to their future children. However, even if the possible har...
The “threshold” that must be crossed before a child can be compulsorily taken into state care requir...
PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR ABORTION ON UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. MEDICAL EMERGENCY EXCEPTION. COURT...
The actions of pregnant women can cause harm to their future children. However, even if the possible...
In the medical treatment of children disputes can arise where parents cannot agree with one another,...
Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures ...
The recently enacted federal Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 seek to scrutinize closely parental deci...
In many cases, courts have incorrectly applied the doctrine of substituted judgment to violate the...
Whenever a genetically defective infant is born, a triptych of interests is challenged directly. For...
Selective non-treatment decisions involving severely handicapped neonates have recently come under r...
Who should have the ultimate say over a child’s medical treatment? A series of high-profile withdraw...
I. Introduction II. Historical Rights of Parents and Modern Infringement by the State … A. Necessity...
Parents of profoundly impaired neonates often face agonizing decisions regarding the exploitation of...
Parents of profoundly impaired neonates often face agonizing decisions regarding the exploitation of...
Parental consent on undertaking the child's major medical treatments constitutes the issues that sig...
Actions of pregnant women can cause harm to their future children. However, even if the possible har...
The “threshold” that must be crossed before a child can be compulsorily taken into state care requir...
PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR ABORTION ON UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. MEDICAL EMERGENCY EXCEPTION. COURT...
The actions of pregnant women can cause harm to their future children. However, even if the possible...
In the medical treatment of children disputes can arise where parents cannot agree with one another,...
Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures ...
The recently enacted federal Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 seek to scrutinize closely parental deci...