CHAPTER 30 Withdrawal of treatment
General principles
• The initiation or the prolongation of treatment is not necessarily in the best interests of the infant.
• The opinion of parents as to the best interests of the infant must be respected and accounted for.
• Society has the right to intervene when parents’ decisions are not clearly in the best interests of the infant.
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