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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for a Neurologically Devastated Child: Whose Decision Is It?

Journal of Perinatology volume 23, pages 250–253 (2003)Cite this article

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A recent case highlights one of the on-going and unresolved controversies in pediatric ethics: who makes treatment decisions for children. Children, by definition, do not have the maturity to make medical choices. Those decisions must be made for them. The issue remains by whom and on what standard those choices should be made.

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  1. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, 02467, MA, USA

    John J Paris SJ, PhD

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago Children's Hospital, Chicago, 60637, IL, USA

    Michael D Schreiber MD

  3. Hassan & Reardon, Boston, 02199, MA, USA

    Frank E Reardon JD

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Paris, J., Schreiber, M. & Reardon, F. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for a Neurologically Devastated Child: Whose Decision Is It?. J Perinatol 23, 250–253 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210889

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