Re: neglect and religious beliefs

["PAMELA S. PETERSEN" <PPETERSEN@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a volunteer Guardian Ad Litem in Florida.  I assume that whether parents
may refuse medical treatment for their children on religious grounds would
have to be argued in court on a case-by-case basis. It may boil down to how
substantial the harm of non-treatment is to the child.  From the standpoint
of the Guardian Ad Litem program, refusing to allow a child to be treated
medically, or refusing to have the child innoculated,  would constitute
neglect.

Pam


-----Original Message-----
From: bill higgins <bill_higginsus@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:27 AM
Subject: neglect and religious beliefs


>We are trying to define neglect for a research
>project.  Do people consider refusing medical
>attention - based on religious beliefs - neglect?  We
>weren't sure if this was part of official reporting.
>
>Bill
>
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