Choosing for Children: Parents' Consent to Surgery

Choosing for Children: Parents' Consent to Surgery
ISBN-10
0192177745
ISBN-13
9780192177742
Category
Science / Life Sciences / Biochemistry
Pages
251
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Priscilla Alderson

Description

The author asks how parents can be better informed about, and further involved in, complex medical decisions involving their children. She argues that doctors and nurses should listen more to parents and pay heed to their feelings as well as their thoughts.

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