Consentimiento informado y rechazo de los padres al tratamiento médico en edad pediátrica: El umbral de la tolerancia médica y social: Parte I


Por: Guadarrama-Orozco J.H., Garduño Espinosa J., Vargas López G., Viesca Treviño C.

Publicada: 1 ene 2015
Categoría: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Resumen:
Informed consent is a right of all individuals and no one can force anyone to receive treatment against their wishes. The right to accept or refuse treatment persists in individuals who are incompetent from a legal point of view; this is exercised on their behalf by a third party. Children are considered incompetent to make medical decisions about their own health and their parents or legal guardians are empowered to make those decisions. However, parental authority is not absolute and there are situations where their decisions are not the best, sometimes leading to jeopardizing the well-being and even the lives of their children, forcing the state to intervene on behalf of the best interests of the child. This is the reason why it is necessary to ask the following questions: is it really the child's best interest that moves us to legally intervene when a parent refuses to accept the proposed medical treatment or is the damage done to make this decision? What kind of parental decisions are those that should not be tolerated? After a review of the theme, we conclude that if the decision of the parents regarding a medical decision is considered to be made with maleficence that is harmful to the child, it is justified that the State intervenes. Finally, we exposed four criteria that can be used in making decisions in complex cases where parents refuse treatment for their children. © 2015.

Filiaciones:
Guadarrama-Orozco J.H.:
 Servicio de la Dirección de Investigación, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México D.F., Mexico

Garduño Espinosa J.:
 Subdireccción de Gestión de la Investigación, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México D.F., Mexico

Vargas López G.:
 Unidad de Medicina Basada en Evidencias, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México D.F., Mexico

Viesca Treviño C.:
 Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico
ISSN: 05396115
Editorial
HOSPITAL INFANTIL MEXICO, FEDERICO GOMEZ, DEPT EDICIONES MEDICAS, CALLE DR MARQUEZ 162 COL DOCTORES, DELEG CUAUHTEMOC, MEXICO CITY 06720, MEXICO, México
Tipo de documento: Short Survey
Volumen: 72 Número: 3
Páginas: 208-214
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