Conflict between Autonomy and Beneficence in Adolescent End-of-Life Decision Making

The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 19 (1):55-60 (2019)
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The ethics of adolescent decision making is a complicated mine­field with laws that vary from state to state. The case of a fourteen-year-old girl, who simultaneously was diagnosed with cancer and discovered she was pregnant, highlights several weaknesses in our current approach to adolescent decision making in the context of pregnancy. In addition, adolescents with life-limiting conditions face similar challenges that can be examined through the framework of Catholic doctrine.

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