Amy D. Hendrix-Dicken joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Sarah J. Passmore, Michael A. Baxter, and Lauren K. Conway: “McGirt v Oklahoma and What Clinicians Should Know About Present-Day Child Abuse and Legacies of Forced Migration.”
There is evidence that children who are unaware of their life-threatening diagnoses do not experience any less distress and anxiety than those who are told, and in some cases they may actually experience more.
Courts considering teenagers' refusal of life-saving treatments often consider their maturity, the beliefs underlying the refusal, their parents' wishes, and the chances that treatment would cure them.