Virtual Mentor. August 2003, Volume 5, Number 8.

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45 Code of Federal Regulations Section 46, 402-407.

Alliance for Health Reform. Covering Health Issues: A Sourcebook for Journalists. Available at: http://www.allhealth.org/sourcebook2002/ch2_tc.html. Accessed on July 21, 2003.

American Academy of Bioethics. Religious objections to medical care. Pediatrics. 1997;99:279-281.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics and Committee of Hospital Care. Palliative care for children. Pediatrics. 2000;106:351-357.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics. Guidelines on foregoing life-sustaining medical treatment. Pediatrics 1994; 93:532-536.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Workforce. Scope of practice issues in the delivery of pediatric health care. Pediatrics. 2003;111:426-435.

American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Child Health Financing. Implementation principles and strategies for the state children's health insurance program. Pediatrics. 2001;107:1214-1220.

American Academy of Pediatrics. Periodic Survey #38, Division of Child Health Research. 1997-1998.

American Medical Association. Principle I. Principles of Medical Ethics. Code of Medical Ethics, Current Opinions with Annotations. Chicago: AMA Press; 2002: xiv.

American Medical Association. Principle VIII. Principles of Medical Ethics. Code of Medical Ethics, Current Opinions with Annotations. Chicago: AMA Press; 2002: xiv.

American Medical Association. The use of minors as organ and tissue donors. Code of Medical Ethics.

Barlow SE, Dietz WH. Obesity evaluation and treatment: expert committee recommendations. Pediatrics. 1998;102:E29.

Black WC. The etiology of acute infectious gingivostomatitis (Vincent's stomatitis). J Pediatr. 1942;20:145-160.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services. Fiscal Year 2002 number of children ever enrolled in SCHIP–preliminary data summary. January 30, 2003. Available at: http://cms.hhs.gov/schip/schip02.pdf. Accessed July 21, 2003.

Chan LS, Takata GS, Shekelle P, Morton SC, Mason W, Marcy SM. Evidence assessment of management of acute otitis media. II. Research gaps and priorities for future research. Pediatrics. 2001;108:248-254.

Clinton White House. The Clinton presidency: improving the nation's health care. Available at: http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-07.html. Accessed on July 21, 2003.

Cohen P. How can generative theories of the effects of punishment be tested? Pediatrics. 1996;98:834-836.

Committee on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics. Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice. Pediatrics.1995;95:314-317.

Crouch RA, Elliott C. Moral agency and the family: the case of living related organ transplantation. Cambridge Quart Healthcare Ethics. 1999; 8: 275-287.

Davidoff AJ, Garett B, Schirmer M. Children eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled: how great a policy concern? The Urban Institute. September 2000. Series A, No. A-41.  Accessed July 24, 2003.

Eisert S, Gabow P. Effect of child health insurance plan enrollment on the utilization of health care services by children using a public safety net system. Pediatrics. 2002;110:940-945.

Deatrick JA, Woodring BC, Tollefson TL. Children should be seen and heard. Chronically ill children should have a voice in treatment decisions. Health Prog. 1990;71:76-79.

Dixon-Woods M, Young B, Heney D. Partnership with children. BMJ. 1999;319:778-780.

Fagot-Campagna A, Pettitt DJ, Engelgan MM, et al. Type 2 diabetes among North American children and adolescents: an epidemiologic review and a public health perspective. J. Pediatr. 2000:136;664-672.

Feld P, Matlock C, Sandman DR. Insuring the children of New York City's low-income families. The Commonwealth Fund. Available at http://www.cmwf.org/programs/newyork/feld_insuring_children_nyc_305.asp. Accessed July 21, 2003.

Finkelstein, J. SCHIP headed for dive in funding, access. AMNews. July 28, 2003. Available at http://www.amednews.com/2003/gvsb0728. Accessed on July 24, 2003.

Froom J, Culpepper L, Jacobs M, et al. Antimicrobials for acute otitis media? A review from the International Primary Care Network. BMJ. 1997;315:98-102.

Gandle EL. It sounds like child abuse—but is it? Am Fam Physician. 2002;65:330, 332, 334.

General Accounting Office. Medicaid and SCHIP: states use varying approaches to monitor children's access to care. Available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03222.pdf. Accessed July 21, 2003.

Gerald L, Geison GL. Pasteur's work on rabies: reexamining the ethical issues. Hastings Center Report. 1978;8:26-33.

Graziano AM, Hamblen JL, Plante WA. Subabusive violence in child rearing in middle-class American families. Pediatrics. 1996;98:845-848

Harrisson C, Kenny NP, Sidarous M, Rowell M. Bioethics for clinicians: involving children in medical decisions. Can Med Assoc J. 1997;156:825-828.

Hart v Brown, 289 A2d 386 (Connecticut, 1972).

HCA Inc v SAM, 36 SW3d 187 (Tex App 2000).

Hemenway D, Solnick S, Carter J. Child rearing violence. Child Abuse Negl. 1994;18:1011-1020.

Hill I, Lutzky AW. Getting in, not getting in, and why: understanding SCHIP enrollment. The Urban Institute (occasional paper number 66). Available at http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/310793_OP-66.pdf. Accessed July 21, 2003.

Holahan J, Wiener JM, Lutzky AW. Health policy for low-income people: states' responses to new challenges. Health Affairs (web exclusive). Available at http://www.healthaffairs.org/WebExclusives/2104Holahan2.pdf. Accessed on July 21, 2003.

Howard BJ, from Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health. Advising parents on discipline: what works. Pediatrics. 1996;:98:809-815.

Johnson J, Mitchell C. Responding to parental requests to forego pediatric nutrition and hydration. J Clin Ethics 2000; 11:128-135.

Kairys SW, Alexander RC et al, AAP Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2001-2002. When inflicted skin injuries constitute child abuse. Pediatrics. 2002;110:644-645.

Kaiser Family Foundation. Public opinion on the uninsured. Kaiser Health Poll Report. Available at http://www.kff.org/healthpollreport/feature3/media/feature.pdf. Accessed on July 21, 2003.

Kato T, Mittal N, Nishida S, et al. The role of intestinal transplantation in the management of babies with extensive gut resections. J Pediatr Surg 2003; 38:145-149.

Kempe A, Renfrew B, Barrow J, Cherry D, Levinson A, Steiner JF. The first 2 years of a state child health insurance plan: whom are we reaching? Pediatrics. April 2003;111:735-740.

Lantos JD. Treatment refusal, noncompliance, and the pediatrician's responsibilities. Ped Annals. 1989;18:255-260.

Larzelere RE. A review of the outcomes of parental use of nonabusive or customary physical punishment. Pediatrics. 1996:824-828.

Levetown M. Ethical aspects of pediatric palliative care. J Palliative Care 1996; 12(3):35-39.

Levine MD, Ringham RM, Kalarchian MA, Wisniewski L, Marcus MD. Is family-based behavioral weight control appropriate for severe pediatric obesity? Int J Eat Disord. November 2001:30;318-328.

Lewit EM, Bennett C, Behrman RE. Health insurance for children: analysis and recommendations. The Future of Children 13(1). Available at http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/tfoc13-1b.pdf. Accessed on July 24, 2003.

Little P, Gould C, Williamson I, Moore M, Warner G, Dunleavey J. Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two prescribing strategies for childhood acute otitis media. BMJ. 2001;322:336-342.

Macklin R. Consent, coercion and conflict of rights. Perspect Biol Med. 1977;20:365-6.

McCormick KF. Attitudes of primary care physicians toward corporal punishment. JAMA. 1992;267:3161-3165, in Guidance for Effective Discipline

McCracken GH Jr. Prescribing antimicrobial agents for treatment of acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999;18:1141-1146.

Masden v Harrison, No 68651 Eq (Massachusetts, June 12, 1957).

Murphy TF. Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics. Cambridge: MIT Press; forthcoming 2004.

National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Health Interview Survey, Table 1.1. Number and percent of persons without health insurance coverage, by age group: United States, 1997–2002. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/table01_1.htm.

Nelson LJ, Ruston CH, Cranford RE, et al. Foregoing medically provided nutrition and hydration in pediatric patients. J Law Med Ethics 1995; 23:33-46.

North Carolina General Assembly. Subchapter I: abuse, neglect, dependency. In: NCGA General Statutes, Chapter 7B;101. Available at: http://www.ncleg.net/Statutes/GeneralStatutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_7B.html.

Penkower JA. The potential right of chronically ill adolescents to refuse life-saving medical treatment–fatal misuse of the mature minor doctrine. DePaul L Rev. 1996;45:1165-1174.

Prince vs Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 321 US 158 (1944).

Ramsey P. The enforcement of morals: non-therapeutic research on children. Hastings Center Report. 1976;6:21-30.

Roberts MW, Powers SW. Adjusting chair time-out enforcement procedures for oppositional children. Behav Ther. 1990;21:257-271.

Rosen P. Religious freedom and forced transfusion of Jehovah's Witness children. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 1996;14:241-243.

Rosenfeld RM, Vertrees JE, Carr J, et al. Clinical efficacy of antimicrobial drugs for acute otitis media: metaanalysis of 5400 children from thirty-three randomized trials. J Pediatr. 1994;124:355-367.

Rothman DJ, Rothman SM. The Willowbrook Wars. New York: Harper and Row; 1984:256-266.

Rudolph AM, Kamei RK, Overby KO, eds. Rudolph's Essentials of Pediatrics, 3rd Ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 2002: 882.

Shafer A. Who decides for the child? The case of Tyrell Dueck.

Silverman F. The ‘Monster' study. Journal of Fluency Disorders. 1988;13:225-231.

Sklansky M. Neonatal euthanasia: moral considerations and criminal liability. J Med Ethics 2001; 27:5-11.

Spital A. Should children ever donate kidneys? Transplantation. 1997; 64:232-236.

Straus MA. Spanking and the making of a violent society. Pediatrics. 1996;98:837-842

Summary of good practices. In: British Medical Association. Consent, Rights and Choices in Health Care for Children and Young People. London, BMJ Press; 2000:228-239.

Task Force on Family for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Report of the Task Force on Family. Pediatrics. 2003;111(suppl):1541-1571.

United Nations. Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. Geneva: UN, 1989.

Van Zuijlen DA, Schilder AGM, Van Balen FAM, Hoes AW. National differences in incidence of acute mastoiditis: relationship to prescribing patterns of antibiotics for acute otitis media? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001;20:140-144.

Veilleux DR. Medical practitioner's liability for treatment given child without parent's consent. ALR. 2001;67(4);511-518.

Wertlieb D. Converging trends in family research and pediatrics: recent findings for the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on the Family. Pediatrics. 2003;111(suppl):1572-1587.

Wolfe J. Suffering in children at the end of life: recognizing an ethical duty to palliate. J Clin Ethics 2000; 11:157-162.

Wolraich ML, Aceves J, Feldman HM, et al, Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, American Academy of Pediatrics. Policy statement: guidance for effective discipline RES 740. Pediatrics. 1998;101:723-728.

Zamstein v Marvasti. 240 Conn.