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Parental Refusal of Consent for their Child's Medical Treatment: An Ethical, Professional and Legal Dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2013

Liz King
Liz King*
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Society and Health, Uxbridge, UK
*
Correspondence to: L. King, MSc, BSc (Hons), RN (Child), Senior Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University, Buckinghamshire, UK. Tel: (01494) 522141; E-mail: Elizabeth.King@bucks.ac.uk
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Abstract

Parental refusal to consent for medical and surgical consent can present children's nurses with a professional dilemma and can potentially negatively impact the care provided for the both the paediatric patient and their family. With in this article, the legal, ethical and professional aspects associated with this dilemma are presented and discussed from the parental, child and nurse point of view.

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consentchildrenpaediatricnursingtreatmentrefusalethicslegalGillick
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Original Article
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British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 14 , Issue 1-2 , May 2013 , pp. 11 - 17
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2013

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