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The paper examines ethical frameworks for making medical decisions for minors with profound cognitive disabilities, challenging standard practices.

Making Medical Decisions for Children with Profound Cognitive Disabilities: Pluralism and the Best Interest Standard

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Ethical analysis explores interests in medical decisions for minors with severe cognitive disabilities, suggesting a pluralistic approach.

The paper examines ethical frameworks for making medical decisions for minors with profound cognitive disabilities, challenging standard practices.
Discusses ethical principles in medical decision-making.
Analyzes the best interest standard and relational potential standard.
Explores the implications of a pluralistic approach.
Defends the best interest standard's exclusionary criteria for patient interests.
Argues for a pluralistic understanding of the interests of severely cognitively disabled minors.
Finds that a pluralistic approach can mitigate issues with honoring unreasonable requests.

Pierce Randall (2026) studied this question.

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Ethical analysis explores interests in medical decisions for minors with severe cognitive disabilities, suggesting a pluralistic approach.