Entries Tagged as 'medical neglect'

Monday, July 7th, 2008

New York Court to Weigh Rights of Amish Parents to Refuse Surgery to Repair Potentially Fatal Heart Defect in their 1-year-old Son

On our previous post, Assessing Culpability for Parents Who Neglect Treating Sick Kids, author and journalist Shawn F. Peters tipped us off on the New York case of Barbara and Gideon Hershberger that he’s following on the Religious Convictions Blog, based in part on the reporting of WWNYTV in Amish Couple Accused Of Medical Neglect [...]

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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Assessing Culpability for Parents Who Neglect Treating Sick Kids

ABC News and the ABA Journal reported today that a Massachusetts woman is being charged with child endangerment after she failed to pick up medications and take her 8 year old son to follow up treatments for his non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. At the time he was diagnosed with the disease, doctors indicated the boy would [...]

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