Journal article

Overriding parents' medical decisions for their children: a systematic review of normative literature

Rosalind J McDougall, Lauren Notini

Journal of Medical Ethics | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101446

University of Melbourne Researchers

Lauren Notini Author Law

Ros McDougall Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

Australian Research Council (DE120100488).

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Keywords

Social Sciences, Biomedical

Conflict, Psychological

Social Sciences

Interests Standard

Biomedical Social Sciences

Parental Consent

Personal Autonomy

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Ethics, Clinical

Review Literature As Topic

Social Sciences - Other Topics

Decision Making

Science & Technology

Conflict (psychology)