Can parents restrict access to their adolescent's voice?: Deciding about a tracheostomy

Natalie Lanocha; Tyler Tate; Erica Salter; Nanette Elster; Armand H. Matheny Antommaria

doi:10.1542/peds.2021-050358

Can parents restrict access to their adolescent's voice? Deciding about a tracheostomy

Natalie Lanocha, Tyler Tate, Erica Salter, Nanette Elster, Armand H. Matheny Antommaria

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Parents are the default decision-makers for their infants and children. Their decisions should be based on the best interests of their children. Differing interpretations of children's best interests may be a source of conflict. Providers' biased evaluations of patients' quality of life may undermine medicine's trustworthiness. As children mature, they should participate in medical decision-making to the extent that is developmentally appropriate. In this month's Ethics Rounds, physicians, a philosopher, and a lawyer consider parents' demand, supported by the hospital's legal department, that their 17-year-old son be excluded from a potentially life-and-death medical decision.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e2021050358
Journal	Pediatrics
Volume	147
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-050358
State	Published - Apr 1 2021

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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