Paris John J, Schreiber Michael D, Reardon Frank E
Department of Theology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
J Perinatol. 2003 Apr-May;23(3):250-3. doi: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210889.
A recent case highlights one of the on-going and unresolved controversies in pediatric ethics: who makes treatment decisions for children. Children, by definition, do not have the maturity to make medical choices. Those decisions must be made for them. The issue remains by whom and on what standard those choices should be made.
谁来为儿童做出治疗决策。根据定义,儿童尚不具备做出医疗选择的成熟度。这些决策必须为他们做出。问题仍然是应该由谁以及依据什么标准来做出这些选择。