Minors' rights regarding health care have expanded in past decades / Gale encyclopedia of everyday law
The right to privacy protects a minor's right to access contraceptives : the Supreme Court's decision / William J. Brennan Jr.
Parental consent for a minor's abortion cannot be absolute : the Supreme Court's decision / Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Parental involvement laws for abortion protect minors and parents / Mary E. Harned
A hotline director explains why she helps minors obtain abortions : personal narrative / Tina Hester
Commitment of minors for psychiatric care does not violate due process : the Supreme Court's decision / Warren E. Burger
Mature minors have the right to consent to or refuse medical care : the Illinois Supreme Court's decision / Howard C. Ryan
Religious freedom does not permit parents to deny children life-saving treatment : the Wisconsin State Supreme Court's decision / Shirley S. Abrahamson
Religious freedom protects parents' health care decisions for children / A. M. Rogers
Religious freedom does not allow a parent to refuse medical treatment for a child / R. Albert Mohler Jr.
A parent recounts her decision to refuse medical treatment for religious reasons : personal narrative / Rita Swan
Medicine, minors, and parents : diminishing parental rights in medicine / Mary Summa.
ch. 1: What is the current state of the health care system in America? 1. The U.S. health care system offers the best health care in the world / Michael D. Tanner --
2. The U.S. health care system is not working / Karen Davis --
3. The problems with America's health care system are exaggerated / N. Gregory Mankiw --
4. Health care should be a right / Daniel Zhou --
5. Health care should not be treated as a right / Lee Hieb --
ch. 2: What issues are impacting health care in America? 1. The insurance industry is problematic / Barbara Ehrenreich --
2. The insurance industry is not problematic / Mark Gimein --
3. Employers need to be more involved in health care / Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg, and Scott Wallace --
4. Employers need to be less involved in health care / Clive Crook --
5. The high cost of health care is the result of waste / Wayne Laugesen --
6. The high cost of health care is the result of improvement in quality / Don Peck --
7. The U.S. health care system spends too much money without good health results / Doug Pibel and Sarah van Gelder --
ch. 3: How should the health care system in America be reformed? 1. More government-provided care is needed to reform the health care system / David M. Cutler, J. Bradford DeLong, and Ann Marie Marciarille --
2. Less government-provided care is needed to reform the health care system / Dave Camp --
3. A consumer-driven health care system is the best system / Bill Steigerwald, interviewing Regina Herzlinger --
4. A consumer-driven health care system is not the best system / Trudy Lieberman, interviewing Timothy Jost --
5. A single-payer system is the preferable health care system / Leonard Rodberg and Don McCanne --
6. A single-payer system is not the preferable health care system / Kevin C. Fleming
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