Health care
By: Noël Merino, book editor
Series: Teen rights and freedoms
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780737770001
Subjects: Medical care; Juvenile literature; Law and legislation; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / General
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130) and index.
Table of contents: title: Minors' rights regarding health care have expanded in past decades / Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law; title: The right to privacy protects a minor's right to access contraceptives : the Supreme Court's decision / William J. Brennan Jr; title: Parental consent for a minor's abortion cannot be absolute : the Supreme Court's decision / Lewis F. Powell Jr; title: Parental involvement laws for abortion protect minors and parents / Mary E. Harned; title: A hotline director explains why she helps minors obtain abortions : personal narrative / Tina Hester; title: Commitment of minors for psychiatric care does not violate due process : the Supreme Court's decision / Warren E. Burger; title: Mature minors have the right to consent to or refuse medical care : the Illinois Supreme Court's decision / Howard C. Ryan; title: Religious freedom does not permit parents to deny children life-saving treatment : the Wisconsin State Supreme Court's decision / Shirley S. Abrahamson; title: Religious freedom protects parents' health care decisions for children / A. M. Rogers; title: Religious freedom does not allow a parent to refuse medical treatment for a child / R. Albert Mohler Jr; title: A parent recounts her decision to refuse medical treatment for religious reasons : personal narrative / Rita Swan; title: Medicine, minors, and parents : diminishing parental rights in medicine / Mary Summa.