Assigning Responsibility for Children's Health When Parents and Authorities Disagree: Whose Child?

This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the potential conflict between a government’s duty to protect children and a parent(s)’ right to raise children in a manner they see fit. Using philosophical, bioethical, and legal analysis, the author  engages with key scholars in pediatric decision-making and individual and religious rights theory. Going beyond the parent-child dyad, the author ...