The Pros And Cons Of Life Saving Medical Practices

This review will identify the precarious circumstances under which children are able to make decisions against the use life saving medical practices. In order to investigate this claim, I have outlined the stipulations that are in place that allow adults to act in accordance with their desires concerning their medical treatments. Furthermore, it is described how these contingencies relate to a child's rights in the same context. One consideration is that most adults under similar circumstances are legally considered mentally capable of understanding the effects of deciding against treatment. Another condition includes laws protecting religious practices, individual customs, and other beliefs that may be impacted by accepting medical treatment

When discussing refusal of medical treatment, the situations included are quite extensive and provide numerous different predicaments that make each case unique and, thus, difficult to process. In addition, care must be taken when discussing the rights of children as their roles in a society do not fit in the idealist theory of political philosophy. This paper will not provide a framework for how these claims can be fully implemented into current political practices as that is beyond the scope of this analysis. However, some claims discussed will provide brief synopsis on how they could potentially impact current practices and how they already have. Also, I will limit this examination concerning the rights of children and adults, and the laws in place to protect those rights, in the context of Western political

Those that are legally defined as children do hold some of the same rights by their adult counterparts. Religion and other customs also hold high status when deciding how patient care is provided for both children and adults. The right to life, legal protection from mental or physical harm, and even religion. In the case of protecting rights pertaining to religion and other similar values, rituals, and customs, children and adults are not dissimilar. Children hold similar rights to adults in receiving medical care when concerned with their family's beliefs. In fact, cases have surfaced where children refused medical treatment based on their family's religion and have even been granted the final decision. Such as the case of Mikayla Sault, a minor from Canada, both she and her parents were granted their wish to refuse chemotherapy treatment for leukemia due to religious reasons (Hanrahan and Wills,