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On March 15, 2005, six-month-old infant Sun Hudson, who had a lethal congenital malformation, was one of the first children to have care withdrawn under the Texas Futile Treatment Law. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Doctors demonstrated in the ethics committee reviews that keeping the infant on a respirator would only delay his inevitable death.
The mature minor doctrine is a rule of law found in the United States and Canada accepting that an unemancipated minor patient may possess the maturity to choose or reject a particular health care treatment, sometimes without the knowledge or agreement of parents, and should be permitted to do so. [1]
The Baby Doe Law mandates that states receiving federal money for child abuse programs develop procedures to report medical neglect, which the law defines as the withholding of treatment unless a baby is irreversibly comatose or the treatment for the newborn's survival is "virtually futile." Assessments of a child's quality of life are not ...
Withholding life-prolonging treatment case country location year summary Baby Doe Law: United States New York: 1983 The parents of a child born with severe birth defects request the right to refuse treatment and keep the child off life support. Baby M: Australia Melbourne: 1989
The appointed healthcare proxy has, in essence, the same rights to request or refuse treatment that the individual would have if still capable of making and communicating health care decisions. [29] The appointed representative is authorized to make real-time decisions in actual circumstances, as opposed to advance decisions framed in ...
Child euthanasia is a form of euthanasia that is applied to children who are gravely ill or have significant birth defects.In 2005, the Netherlands became the first country since the end of Nazi Germany to decriminalize euthanasia for infants with hopeless prognosis and intractable pain. [1]
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It emphasizes the right to survival, development, and protection against abuse, neglect, and exploitation. U.S. Non-ratification of this document results in children having no standing in court. Several U.S. states have no minimum age for marriage. Children with no standing in court cannot divorce until reaching 18 years of age. Babies ...