Autonomy and connectedness: A re-evaluation of Georgetown and its progeny

Authors
Scott, R
Citation
R. Scott, Autonomy and connectedness: A re-evaluation of Georgetown and its progeny, J LAW MED E, 28(1), 2000, pp. 55
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science","Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF LAW MEDICINE & ETHICS
ISSN journal
10731105 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
1073-1105(200021)28:1<55:AACARO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Focusing on the notable 1964 case of Application of the President and Direc tors of Georgetown College and subsequent cases, the author explores the co nnections between parents' and children's interests in ways which tend to s upport a parent's autonomy and hence a parent's refusal of life-straining t reatment.