When parents disagree with doctors on a child's treatment, who should have the final say?
- Written by Rosalind McDougall, Research Fellow in Ethics, University of Melbourne
Parents’ role as medical decision-makers is sometimes questioned when they don't choose the recommended treatment for their child.from shutterstock.comDoctors and parents sometimes disagree about a child’s medical treatment. As the recent case of six-year-old boy Oshin Kiszko highlights, some disagreements between doctors and parents...
