Parental Role in Medical Consent for Procedures Performed on Of-Age Dependents
Number of pages:
6
ABSTRACT:
A 6 page discussion of a hospital’s obligation to conduct certain testing on a nineteen year old student who, although of legal age, was covered under her parent’s HMO. The HMO subsequently refused to pay the bill and the parents objected to the fact that the hospital
failed to inform them that their daughter was seeking treatment,
contending that they would have refused the extensive testing because
they were familiar with their daughter’s history of migraines and that
her symptoms on the night in question did not constitute anything out of
the ordinary. The hospital contends that because the daughter was of
legal age her agreement to the testing regime constituted informed
consent. The hospital also contends, however, that even if they had of
been aware of the parent’s potential objections they would have
conducted the tests because their primary responsibility was to the
patient. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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