TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Law, Ethics, and Clinical Judgment
A1  - Mayo, Thomas Wm.
A1  - Reed, Perry Ann
A1  - Giardino, Angelo P.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - In  pediatrics,  it  is  the  child—not  the  parent—who  is  the  patient,  and  the  pediatrician’s  professional,  ethical,  and  legal  obligations  are  owed  to  the  child.  While  parents  in  our  society  have  been  given  wide  latitude  to  raise  children  as  they  see  fit,  there  are  matters  with  respect  to  which  the  state  can  appropriately  intervene:  Parents  may  spank  their  children,  but  child  abuse  is  not  permitted.  Parents  may  choose  a  variety  of  educational  settings  and  resources  for  their  children,  but  the  state  does  demand  that  children  achieve  some  level  of  literacy.  Pediatricians,  therefore,  care  for  children  and  work  with  their  parents  in  a  social  context  that  requires  their  intervention  in  ways  that  may  range  from  working  with  parents  to  make  decisions  of  great  medical  complexity  (see  Chapter  123)  to  notifying  the  state  of  suspected  neglect  or  abuse  (see  Chapter  36).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182915546
ER  -