Title: When parents say no : religious and cultural influences on pediatric healthcare treatment /
Authors: Linnard-Palmer, Luanne
Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau International,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Children Diseases Treatment Religious aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Children Diseases Treatment Moral and ethical aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Pediatrics Religious aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Treatment Refusal; Child Health Services; Cultural Diversity; Parental Consent; Professional-Family Relations; Religion and Medicine
Contents: Overview of when parents say no : religious and cultural influences on pediatric healthcare treatment -- Factors that influence parental refusal -- Reasons for treatment refusal -- Overview of religious doctrines -- Cultural influences to treatment refusal -- Overview of professional perspectives -- Ethnographic research in treatment refusal cases.